Portrait of a Singer Color Palette — Nainsukh (1750)

- black
- steel blue
- sea green
- terracotta
- mustard
- cream
About this palette
Portrait of a Singer is a painting by Nainsukh, dated 1750. It comes from South Asian art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#1C2019) up to cream (#EBE1C3), passing through steel blue, sea green, terracotta, mustard. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 12 to 90 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of May 22, 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, 32, 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