DMC 564 thread Jade Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 564 is officially called “Jade Very Light”: a light green.
- On-screen colour
#A7CDAF- RGB 167, 205, 175
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 79 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Jade” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 564
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3813Blue Green LtΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 3817Celadon Green LtΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 955Nile Green LightΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 966Jade Ultra Vy LtΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 368Pistachio Green LtΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 563Jade LightΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 954Nile GreenΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 504Blue Green Vy LtΔE 7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 564 is easily confused with DMC 3813, DMC 3817, DMC 955, DMC 966, DMC 368 and DMC 563. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 564?
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.