The Merchant's Wife Color Palette — Boris Kustodiev (1918)

- navy
- steel blue
- teal
- coral
- mustard
- cream
About this palette
The Merchant's Wife is a painting by Boris Kustodiev, dated 1918. It comes from Eastern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from navy (#1E2332) up to cream (#EBE1C3), passing through steel blue, teal, coral, mustard. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 14 to 90 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of August 12, 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 cream.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048