The Raft of the Medusa Color Palette — Théodore Géricault (1819)

- black
- charcoal
- rust
- ochre
- tan
- cream
About this palette
The Raft of the Medusa is a painting by Théodore Géricault, dated 1819. It comes from Western European art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#14110F) up to cream (#F4DCB2), passing through charcoal, rust, ochre, tan. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 5 to 89 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of October 23, 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, 64, 512, 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