DMC 909 thread Emerald Green Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 909 is officially called “Emerald Green Vy Dk”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#156F49- RGB 21, 111, 73
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 41 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Emerald Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 909
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 501Blue Green DarkΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 910Emerald Green DarkΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3815Celadon Green DkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 3818Emerald Grn Ult V DkΔE 7 · close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 7 · close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 505Jade GreenΔE 7.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 909 is easily confused with DMC 561, DMC 501 and DMC 910. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 909?
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.