— DMC stranded cotton —
DMC 520
Fern Green - DK
- Hex
- #384526
- RGB
- 56, 69, 38
- Lab
- 27.40, -11.59, 17.03
- Family
- Greens
- Range
- DMC
Closest substitutes
Ranked by CIEDE2000 — the measure of colour difference built to match what an eye sees, rather than the distance between two sets of RGB numbers. A higher percentage means a swap fewer people would notice. Both ranges are ranked together, so the closest shade to a DMC colour may well be a J&P Coats one, and the other way round.
DMC 937
84%Avocado Green - MED
ΔE 3.55
DMC 895
83%Hunter Green - VY DK
ΔE 3.88
DMC 936
80%Avocado Green - VY DK
ΔE 4.48
DMC 3345
75%Hunter Green - DK
ΔE 5.65
J&P Coats 6268
74%Avocado Medium Dark
ΔE 5.73
DMC 3362
73%Pine Green - DK
ΔE 6.06
J&P Coats 6270
72%Laurel Green Dark
ΔE 6.12
J&P Coats 6318
72%Laurel Green Dark
ΔE 6.12
The rest of Fern Green
DMC prints this shade across a range, light to dark. These are its siblings — often the right answer when you want the same colour a shade deeper rather than a different colour altogether.
Know which of these you already own
Stitcheree keeps your floss box, your patterns and your finished pieces in one place — and when a chart calls for a colour you are out of, it ranks the substitutes against what is actually in your box rather than against the whole catalogue.