DMC 775 thread Baby Blue Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 775 is officially called “Baby Blue Very Light”: a very light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#D9EBF1- RGB 217, 235, 241
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 92 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 775
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3756Baby Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 747Peacock Blue Vy LtΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 828Sky Blue Vy LtΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 775 is easily confused with DMC 162, DMC 3841, DMC 3756, DMC 747, DMC 3753, DMC 928 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 775?
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.