DMC 3841 thread Baby Blue Pale
DMC stranded cotton 3841 is officially called “Baby Blue Pale”: a very light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#CDDFED- RGB 205, 223, 237
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 88 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3841
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 3325Baby Blue LightΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 6.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3841 is easily confused with DMC 162, DMC 3752, DMC 3325, DMC 827, DMC 3753, DMC 775 and DMC 800. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3841?
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.