The Lady of Shalott Color Palette — John William Waterhouse (1888)

- black
- black
- dark green
- brown
- rust
- ivory
About this palette
The Lady of Shalott is a painting by John William Waterhouse, dated 1888. It comes from Western European art of the second half of the 19th century.
Its six colors run from black (#1C1813) up to ivory (#E8DFCC), passing through dark green, brown, rust. It is a high-contrast palette with muted tones, mostly warm (lightness 9 to 89 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of March 10, 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, 4, 8, 32, 128 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