DMC 553 thread Violet
DMC stranded cotton 553 is officially called “Violet”: a medium purple.
- On-screen colour
#A3638B- RGB 163, 99, 139
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 50 / 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 553
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3835Grape MediumΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3607Plum LightΔE 8.4 · close
- DMC 208Lavender Very DarkΔE 8.8 · close
- DMC 3041Antique Violet MediumΔE 8.9 · close
- DMC 209Lavender DarkΔE 8.9 · close
- DMC 3726Antique Mauve DarkΔE 10.5 · fairly close
- DMC 316Antique Mauve MedΔE 11 · fairly close
- DMC 3350Dusty Rose Ultra DarkΔE 12.5 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 553 is easily confused with DMC 3835. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 553?
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.