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DMC thread

917

Dark Magenta

Beside the three DMC threads closest to it, so the only thing changing is the colour.

DMC 917 is #911B5B, RGB 145 27 91. The three beside it are the closest of the 482 DMC threads, measured the way the editor measures a colour match.

The same colour in Anchor, Madeira and Cosmo

RangeCodeColourHow closeDistance
Anchor 78 Plum Med DK close 4.6
Madeira 704 Cerise VY DK close 4.0
Cosmo 2224 no name close 4.4

Each one is the nearest thread that range has, picked by measurement rather than read off a maker's conversion chart. The number is how far apart the two colours are on the scale the editor uses to match a thread to a picture; under 1 and nobody could tell them apart.

Use DMC 917 in a pattern

The colour on this page is our screen value for the thread, not the maker's. No thread maker publishes one, so every chart on the web is somebody's estimate, this one included. Use it to compare shades against each other, and buy from a real shade card.