The Rokeby Venus Color Palette — Diego Velázquez (1651)

- black
- burgundy
- dark umber
- dark umber
- rust
- khaki
About this palette
The Rokeby Venus is a painting by Diego Velázquez, dated 1651. It comes from Southern European art of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Its six colors run from black (#251D15) up to khaki (#B68B5F), passing through burgundy, dark umber, rust. It is a palette with moderate contrast with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 11 to 61 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of August 10, 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, 8, 32, 64, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is khaki.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048