DMC 778 thread Antique Mauve Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 778 is officially called “Antique Mauve Vy Lt”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#DFB3BB- RGB 223, 179, 187
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 77 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Antique Mauve” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 778
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 2.7 · very close
- DMC 3354Dusty Rose LightΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3688Mauve MediumΔE 5 · close
- DMC 3689Mauve LightΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 554Violet LightΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 605Cranberry Very LightΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3708Melon LightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 224Shell Pink Very LightΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 778 is easily confused with DMC 3727, DMC 3354, DMC 3688, DMC 3689 and DMC 554. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 778?
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.