DMC 963 thread Dusty Rose Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 963 is officially called “Dusty Rose Ult Vy Lt”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FFD7D7- RGB 255, 215, 215
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 89 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Dusty Rose” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 963
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 151Dusty Rose Vry LtΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 353PeachΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3824Apricot LightΔE 5.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 963 is easily confused with DMC 3779, DMC 151, DMC 3713, DMC 818, DMC 761, DMC 353, DMC 967 and DMC 3824. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 963?
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.