Palette 2048
The Monk by the Sea Color Palette — Caspar David Friedrich (1810)
- black
- charcoal
- dusty blue
- khaki
- powder blue
- cream
About this palette
The Monk by the Sea is a painting by Caspar David Friedrich, dated 1810. It comes from Northern European art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#08141A) up to cream (#ECE1C4), passing through charcoal, dusty blue, khaki, powder blue. It is a high-contrast palette with muted tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 6 to 90 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of September 24, 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, 1024 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is cream.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048