DMC 899 thread Rose Medium
DMC stranded cotton 899 is officially called “Rose Medium”: a medium pink.
- On-screen colour
#F27688- RGB 242, 118, 136
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 65 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Rose” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 899
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 892Carnation MediumΔE 2.3 · almost identical
- DMC 3705Melon DarkΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 3833Raspberry LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3733Dusty RoseΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3712Salmon MediumΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 891Carnation DarkΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 962Dusty Rose MediumΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 893Carnation LightΔE 6.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 899 is easily confused with DMC 892, DMC 3705, DMC 3833, DMC 3733, DMC 3712 and DMC 891. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 899?
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.