DMC 3836 thread Grape Light
DMC stranded cotton 3836 is officially called “Grape Light”: a medium purple.
- On-screen colour
#BA91AA- RGB 186, 145, 170
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 65 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Grape” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3836
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 210Lavender MediumΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 3042Antique Violet LightΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 209Lavender DarkΔE 9.1 · close
- DMC 554Violet LightΔE 9.5 · close
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 9.6 · close
- DMC 3608Plum Very LightΔE 9.7 · close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 11.3 · fairly close
- DMC 3354Dusty Rose LightΔE 11.5 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3836 is easily confused with DMC 210. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3836?
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.