DMC 505 thread Jade Green
DMC stranded cotton 505 is officially called “Jade Green”: a medium green.
- On-screen colour
#338362- RGB 51, 131, 98
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 49 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 505
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 910Emerald Green DarkΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 163Celadon Green MdΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 911Emerald Green MedΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3815Celadon Green DkΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 502Blue GreenΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 3850Green Bright DkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 501Blue Green DarkΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 7.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 505 is easily confused with DMC 910, DMC 163, DMC 911 and DMC 3815. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 505?
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.