DMC 3824 thread Apricot Light
DMC stranded cotton 3824 is officially called “Apricot Light”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FECDC2- RGB 254, 205, 194
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 86 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Apricot” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3824
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 754Peach LightΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 353PeachΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3771Terra Cotta Ult Vy LtΔE 5 · close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 224Shell Pink Very LightΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 5.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3824 is easily confused with DMC 754, DMC 353, DMC 3779, DMC 761, DMC 3771, DMC 963, DMC 224 and DMC 967. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3824?
A skein of DMC stranded cotton is 8 m long and splits into 6 strands. Stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida, it covers about 1,800 cross stitches. For your own chart, the cross-stitch calculator gives the number of skeins and the finished size.