Irises Color Palette — Ogata Kōrin (c. 1701)

- deep blue
- brown
- sea green
- sea green
- mustard
- pale yellow
About this palette
Irises is a painting by Ogata Kōrin, dated c. 1701. It comes from Japanese art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Its six colors run from deep blue (#2F3479) up to pale yellow (#EFD680), passing through brown, sea green, mustard. It is a palette with moderate contrast with rich, saturated tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 25 to 86 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of May 8, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is deep blue, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 16, 128, 256, 1024 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is pale yellow.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048