Palette 2048
The Milkmaid Color Palette — Johannes Vermeer (1657-1658)
- black
- deep blue
- sienna
- mustard
- tan
- ivory
About this palette
The Milkmaid is a painting by Johannes Vermeer, dated 1657-1658. It comes from Western European art of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#181612) up to ivory (#F1E7D2), passing through deep blue, sienna, mustard, tan. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 7 to 92 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of September 5, 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, 128, 256, 1024 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