Charles I in Three Positions Color Palette — Anthony van Dyck (1635)

- black
- navy
- rust
- blue gray
- skin tone
- tan
About this palette
Charles I in Three Positions is a painting by Anthony van Dyck, dated 1635. It comes from Northern European art of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#0D1417) up to tan (#DABEA4), passing through navy, rust, blue gray, skin tone. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 6 to 79 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of March 12, 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, 4, 32, 256, 1024 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is tan.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048