DMC 818 thread Baby Pink
DMC stranded cotton 818 is officially called “Baby Pink”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FFDFD9- RGB 255, 223, 217
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 91 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Pink” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 818
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 1.3 · almost identical
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 1.8 · almost identical
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 2.7 · very close
- DMC 353PeachΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 754Peach LightΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 819Baby Pink LightΔE 5.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 818 is easily confused with DMC 967, DMC 225, DMC 3713, DMC 353, DMC 963, DMC 948, DMC 754 and DMC 819. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 818?
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.