Composition II with Red, Blue and Yellow Color Palette — Piet Mondrian (1930)

- maroon
- steel blue
- red
- vermilion
- yellow
- off-white
About this palette
Composition II with Red, Blue and Yellow is a painting by Piet Mondrian, dated 1930. It comes from Northern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from maroon (#32121E) up to off-white (#E6E5DC), passing through steel blue, red, vermilion, yellow. It is a high-contrast palette with rich, saturated tones, mostly warm (lightness 11 to 91 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of May 7, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is maroon, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 8, 64, 128, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is off-white.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048