DMC 561 thread Celadon Green VD
DMC stranded cotton 561 is officially called “Celadon Green VD”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#2C6A45- RGB 44, 106, 69
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 40 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 561
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 909Emerald Green Vy DkΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 501Blue Green DarkΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 3818Emerald Grn Ult V DkΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3815Celadon Green DkΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 910Emerald Green DarkΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 505Jade GreenΔE 9.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 561 is easily confused with DMC 909, DMC 501, DMC 3346, DMC 319 and DMC 3818. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 561?
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.