DMC 602 thread Cranberry Medium
DMC stranded cotton 602 is officially called “Cranberry Medium”: a medium pink, vivid.
- On-screen colour
#E24874- RGB 226, 72, 116
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 54 / 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 602
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3832Raspberry MediumΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 3801Melon Very DarkΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3805Cyclamen PinkΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 3804Cyclamen Pink DarkΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 335RoseΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3731Dusty Rose Very DarkΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 600Cranberry Very DarkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 601Cranberry DarkΔE 7.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 602 is easily confused with DMC 3832, DMC 3801, DMC 3805, DMC 3804, DMC 335 and DMC 3731. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 602?
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.