DMC 966 thread Jade Ultra Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 966 is officially called “Jade Ultra Vy Lt”: a light green.
- On-screen colour
#B9D7C0- RGB 185, 215, 192
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 83 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Jade” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 966
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3813Blue Green LtΔE 1.4 · almost identical
- DMC 504Blue Green Vy LtΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 564Jade Very LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 164Forest Green LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3817Celadon Green LtΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 369Pistachio Green Vy LtΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 955Nile Green LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3348Yellow Green LtΔE 7.5 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 966 is easily confused with DMC 3813, DMC 504, DMC 564 and DMC 164. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 966?
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.