The Roses of Heliogabalus Color Palette — Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888)

- dark umber
- burgundy
- crimson
- dusty rose
- powder blue
- silver gray
About this palette
The Roses of Heliogabalus is a painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, dated 1888. It comes from Western European art of the second half of the 19th century.
Its six colors run from dark umber (#311910) up to silver gray (#EED1CF), passing through burgundy, crimson, dusty rose, powder blue. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 12 to 86 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of May 19, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is dark umber, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 8, 32, 64, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is silver gray.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048