DMC 987 thread Forest Green Dk
DMC stranded cotton 987 is officially called “Forest Green Dk”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#587141- RGB 88, 113, 65
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 45 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Forest Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 987
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 367Pistachio Green DkΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3362Pine Green DkΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 937Avocado Green MdΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 520Fern Green DarkΔE 7 · close
- DMC 904Parrot Green V DkΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 3051Green Gray DkΔE 7.4 · close
- DMC 3363Pine Green MdΔE 7.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 987 is easily confused with DMC 367, DMC 3362, DMC 937 and DMC 3346. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 987?
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.