DMC 747 thread Peacock Blue Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 747 is officially called “Peacock Blue Vy Lt”: a very light teal, muted.
- On-screen colour
#E5FCFD- RGB 229, 252, 253
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 97 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Peacock Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 747
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3756Baby Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 828Sky Blue Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3811Turquoise Very LightΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 7.7 · close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 8.7 · close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 8.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 747 is easily confused with DMC 3756, DMC 775, DMC 162 and DMC 828. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 747?
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.