DMC 3850 thread Green Bright Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3850 is officially called “Green Bright Dk”: a medium teal.
- On-screen colour
#378477- RGB 55, 132, 119
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 50 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3850
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3847Teal Green DarkΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 3812Sea Green Vy DkΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3814AquamarineΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 943Green Bright MdΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 505Jade GreenΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 163Celadon Green MdΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 3848Teal Green MedΔE 8.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3850 is easily confused with DMC 3847, DMC 3812, DMC 3814, DMC 991 and DMC 943. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3850?
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.