Palette 2048
Composition VIII Color Palette — Wassily Kandinsky (1923)
- ultramarine
- red
- olive
- tan
- gold
- beige
About this palette
Composition VIII is a painting by Wassily Kandinsky, dated 1923. It comes from Eastern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from ultramarine (#2F5EA6) up to beige (#F0E1CA), passing through red, olive, tan, gold. It is a palette with moderate contrast with rich, saturated tones, mostly warm (lightness 40 to 90 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of July 2, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is ultramarine, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 16, 128, 256, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is beige.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048