DMC 777 thread Raspberry Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 777 is officially called “Raspberry Very Dark”: a dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#913546- RGB 145, 53, 70
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 36 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Raspberry” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 777
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 221Shell Pink Vy DkΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 902Garnet Very DarkΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 3803Mauve DarkΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 3685Mauve Very DarkΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 315Antique Mauve Md DkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 150Dusty Rose Ult Vy DkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3831Raspberry DarkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3721Shell Pink DarkΔE 6.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 777 is easily confused with DMC 221 and DMC 902. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 777?
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.