Red Fuji Color Palette — Katsushika Hokusai (1831)
- charcoal
- teal
- terracotta
- salmon
- sky blue
- cream
About this palette
Red Fuji is a painting by Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1831. It comes from Japanese art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Its six colors run from charcoal (#244359) up to cream (#DFD6AD), passing through teal, terracotta, salmon, sky blue. It is a palette with moderate contrast with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 27 to 85 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of May 4, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is charcoal, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 8, 64, 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