DMC 798 thread Delft Blue Dark
DMC stranded cotton 798 is officially called “Delft Blue Dark”: a dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#466A8E- RGB 70, 106, 142
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 44 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Delft Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 798
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 312Baby Blue Very DarkΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 824Blue Very DarkΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3838Lavender Blue DarkΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 930Antique Blue DarkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 517Wedgewood DarkΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 825Blue DarkΔE 9.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 798 is easily confused with DMC 312, DMC 824 and DMC 3838. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 798?
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.