Primordial Chaos, No. 16 Color Palette — Hilma af Klint (1906)

- navy
- steel blue
- sea green
- ochre
- yellow
- ivory
About this palette
Primordial Chaos, No. 16 is a painting by Hilma af Klint, dated 1906. It comes from Northern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from navy (#141E37) up to ivory (#E6E1CD), passing through steel blue, sea green, ochre, yellow. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 12 to 89 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of June 6, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is navy, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 4, 16, 128, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is ivory.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048