DMC 820 thread Royal Blue Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 820 is officially called “Royal Blue Very Dark”: a very dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#0E365C- RGB 14, 54, 92
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 22 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Royal Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 820
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 796Royal Blue DarkΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 336Navy BlueΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 823Navy Blue DarkΔE 5.9 · close
- DMC 797Royal BlueΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 939Navy Blue Very DarkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 10 · fairly close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 11.7 · fairly close
- DMC 311Wedgewood Ult VyDkΔE 12 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 820 is easily confused with DMC 796, DMC 336 and DMC 823. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 820?
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.