DMC 3348 to Sullivans: Thread Conversion

Sullivans 45345 is a close alternative for this light yellow-green. As the lightest value in the hunter green family, any deviation from the expected brightness or warmth is more visible than it would be at darker gradient steps — the highlight color appears in small, focused areas (leaf tips, the topmost lit areas of foliage masses) where there is less surrounding thread to contextualize the color and absorb slight variations. A substitute that is too pale will look washed out against the surrounding mid-greens; one that is too saturated or slightly different in temperature will interrupt the gradient's color flow. Verify that Sullivans 45345 reads as both clearly lighter than your DMC 3347 equivalent and as genuinely warm and yellow-influenced rather than as a pale neutral or pale lime. Sullivans' thread construction has a different twist density from DMC, which at this bright light value can affect the evenness of coverage in small highlight areas — confirm two strands provide consistent coverage without patchiness on your project fabric. For designs using this thread as the primary bright foliage highlight in a gradient, the DMC original is the most predictable choice when available. If using Sullivans 45345, test it against your full set of Sullivans hunter green equivalents under the lighting conditions where the finished piece will be displayed, since light source color temperature can shift the apparent warmth of yellow-green highlights noticeably between daylight and warm incandescent display conditions.