DMC 988 thread Forest Green Med
DMC stranded cotton 988 is officially called “Forest Green Med”: a medium green.
- On-screen colour
#738B5B- RGB 115, 139, 91
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 55 / 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 988
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 320Pistachio Green MedΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 3347Yellow Green MedΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 3363Pine Green MdΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 3364Pine GreenΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3052Green Gray MdΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 469Avocado GreenΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 367Pistachio Green DkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3011Khaki Green DkΔE 7.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 988 is easily confused with DMC 320, DMC 3347, DMC 3363, DMC 3364 and DMC 3052. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 988?
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.