Washington Crossing the Delaware Color Palette — Emanuel Leutze (1851)

- black
- dark umber
- rust
- steel blue
- skin tone
- silver gray
About this palette
Washington Crossing the Delaware is a painting by Emanuel Leutze, dated 1851. It comes from North American art of the second half of the 19th century.
Its six colors run from black (#1F110D) up to silver gray (#CAC5DC), passing through dark umber, rust, steel blue, skin tone. It is a high-contrast palette with balanced tones, a mix of warm and cool (lightness 7 to 81 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of April 24, 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, 16, 128, 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