DMC 550 thread Violet Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 550 is officially called “Violet Very Dark”: a very dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#5C184E- RGB 92, 24, 78
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 22 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 550
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 550, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 550?
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.