DMC 776 thread Pink Medium
DMC stranded cotton 776 is officially called “Pink Medium”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FCB0B9- RGB 252, 176, 185
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 79 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 776
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 894Carnation Very LightΔE 0.6 · almost identical
- DMC 3326Rose LightΔE 1.1 · almost identical
- DMC 604Cranberry LightΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 3706Melon MediumΔE 2 · almost identical
- DMC 957Geranium PaleΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 760SalmonΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 3716Dusty Rose Med Vy LtΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 3688Mauve MediumΔE 4.2 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 776 is easily confused with DMC 894, DMC 3326, DMC 604, DMC 3706, DMC 957, DMC 760, DMC 3716 and DMC 3688. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 776?
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.