DMC 890 thread Pistachio Grn Ult V D
DMC stranded cotton 890 is officially called “Pistachio Grn Ult V D”: a very dark green.
- On-screen colour
#174923- RGB 23, 73, 35
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 27 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 890
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 500Blue Green Vy DkΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 3818Emerald Grn Ult V DkΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3345Hunter Green DkΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 986Forest Green Vy DkΔE 8.3 · close
- DMC 895Hunter Green Vy DkΔE 8.8 · close
- DMC 935Avocado Green DkΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 10.9 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 890 is easily confused with DMC 500. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 890?
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.