Palette 2048
The School of Athens Color Palette — Raphael (1511)
- dark umber
- steel blue
- moss green
- burnt orange
- mustard
- cream
About this palette
The School of Athens is a painting by Raphael, dated 1511. It comes from Western European art of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Its six colors run from dark umber (#322218) up to cream (#EBE3C6), passing through steel blue, moss green, burnt orange, mustard. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 15 to 90 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of September 1, 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, 64, 256, 1024 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