DMC 699 thread Green
DMC stranded cotton 699 is officially called “Green”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#056517- RGB 5, 101, 23
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 37 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 699
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3345Hunter Green DkΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 700Green BrightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 895Hunter Green Vy DkΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 9.3 · close
- DMC 909Emerald Green Vy DkΔE 9.9 · close
- DMC 3818Emerald Grn Ult V DkΔE 10.7 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 699 is easily confused with DMC 3345, DMC 700 and DMC 319. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 699?
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.