DMC 605 thread Cranberry Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 605 is officially called “Cranberry Very Light”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FFC0CD- RGB 255, 192, 205
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 84 / 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 605
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3708Melon LightΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 3689Mauve LightΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 604Cranberry LightΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 894Carnation Very LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 776Pink MediumΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3716Dusty Rose Med Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3706Melon MediumΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 5 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 605 is easily confused with DMC 3708, DMC 3689, DMC 604, DMC 894, DMC 776, DMC 3716, DMC 3706 and DMC 761. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 605?
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.