Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace Color Palette — Frida Kahlo (1940)

- maroon
- dark umber
- crimson
- red
- brown
- orange
About this palette
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace is a painting by Frida Kahlo, dated 1940. It comes from Latin American art of the early 20th century.
Its six colors run from maroon (#331016) up to orange (#D26D17), passing through dark umber, crimson, red, brown. It is a palette with moderate contrast with rich, saturated tones, mostly warm (lightness 10 to 57 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of August 6, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is maroon, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 4, 16, 32, 256 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is orange.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048