DMC 915 thread Plum Dark
DMC stranded cotton 915 is officially called “Plum Dark”: a very dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#820043- RGB 130, 0, 67
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 27 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Plum” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 915
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 917Plum MediumΔE 6 · close
- DMC 718PlumΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3685Mauve Very DarkΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 902Garnet Very DarkΔE 8.6 · close
- DMC 150Dusty Rose Ult Vy DkΔE 9.1 · close
- DMC 777Raspberry Very DarkΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 3834Grape DarkΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 154Grape Very DarkΔE 10.5 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 915, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 915?
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.