DMC 601 thread Cranberry Dark
DMC stranded cotton 601 is officially called “Cranberry Dark”: a medium pink, vivid.
- On-screen colour
#D1286A- RGB 209, 40, 106
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 47 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Cranberry” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 601
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 600Cranberry Very DarkΔE 2.1 · almost identical
- DMC 3804Cyclamen Pink DarkΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 3350Dusty Rose Ultra DarkΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 602Cranberry MediumΔE 7.4 · close
- DMC 3803Mauve DarkΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 3607Plum LightΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3831Raspberry DarkΔE 9.3 · close
- DMC 3832Raspberry MediumΔE 9.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 601 is easily confused with DMC 600, DMC 3804 and DMC 3350. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 601?
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.