The Persistence of Memory Color Palette — Salvador Dalí (1931)

- black
- brown
- blue gray
- gray
- ochre
- powder blue
About this palette
The Persistence of Memory is a painting by Salvador Dalí, dated 1931. It comes from Southern European art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from black (#16181A) up to powder blue (#B0D5C5), passing through brown, blue gray, gray, ochre. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 8 to 82 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of July 25, 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 powder blue.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048