Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains Color Palette — Zhao Mengfu (1296)

- khaki
- terracotta
- khaki
- tan
- tan
- sand
About this palette
Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains is a painting by Zhao Mengfu, dated 1296. It comes from Chinese art of the centuries before 1500.
Its six colors run from khaki (#987950) up to sand (#DEC7A2), passing through terracotta, tan. It is a close-valued, low-contrast palette with balanced tones, mostly warm (lightness 53 to 81 in CIE Lab).
How it plays in the puzzle
Palette 2048 used this painting for the daily puzzle of November 8, 2026. The tiles show no numbers: the smallest tile is khaki, and each merge steps along the palette. The six colors land exactly on the 2, 16, 64, 256, 512 and 2048 tiles, with blended shades in between, so the 2048 tile is sand.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 128
- 256
- 512
- 1024
- 2048