Palette 2048
Nude Descending a Staircase Color Palette — Marcel Duchamp (1912)
- black
- dark umber
- dark umber
- olive
- khaki
- khaki
About this palette
Nude Descending a Staircase is a painting by Marcel Duchamp, dated 1912. It comes from Northern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from black (#272724) up to khaki (#C5B373), passing through dark umber, olive. It is a palette with moderate contrast with muted tones, mostly warm (lightness 16 to 73 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of March 17, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is black, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 8, 16, 128, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is khaki.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048