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Four yellow circles on a cyan background, each containing the word "Circle" in black text.

Four yellow circles on a cyan background, each containing the word "Circle" in black text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…,…

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Composition

  • symmetrical
  • evenly spaced
  • text centered

Dense Caption

Four identical yellow circles arranged in a 2x2 grid on a cyan background. Each circle contains the word "Circle" in black, pixelated text. The circles have a soft, blurred edge effect. The text is centered within each circle. The background is solid cyan. The circles are evenly spaced. The text is rendered in a blocky, pixelated font. The circles are uniform in size and color. The text is identical in all four circles. The circles have a slight glow effect. The background is a solid, bright cyan color. The circles are positioned in the corners of the image. The text is black and contrasts sharply with the yellow circles. The circles are slightly overlapping at the edges. The text is horizontally centered within each circle. The circles are arranged in a symmetrical pattern. The text is vertically centered within each circle. The circles have a subtle gradient effect. The text is in lowercase letters. The circles are evenly distributed across the image. The text is in a sans-serif font. The circles have a soft, rounded appearance. The text is bold. The circles are positioned to form a square. The text is in a monospaced font. The circles have a slight shadow effect. The text is in a pixelated style. The circles are uniform in shape. The text is in a blocky style. The circles are arranged in a grid pattern. The text is in a bold, pixelated font. The circles are evenly spaced horizontally and vertically. The text is in a sans-serif, pixelated style. The circles have a soft, blurred edge. The text is in a bold, blocky style. The circles are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is in a pixelated, sans-serif style. The circles have a slight glow. The text is in a bold, pixelated font. The circles are positioned in the four corners of the image. The text is in a blocky, pixelated

Description

  • Four yellow circles on a cyan background, each containing the word "Circle" in black text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow circles cyan background
  • four circles text circle
  • pixelated text circles
  • yellow circles
  • black text cyan background
  • circle text yellow circles
  • cyan background yellow circles
  • text circle yellow circles

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x2 grid yellow circles

Visible Text

  • Circle

Wordwall

  • four yellow circles
  • cyan background
  • black text
  • word "Circle"
  • pixelated font
  • soft blurred edges
  • text centered
  • solid cyan background
  • evenly spaced
  • uniform size
  • identical text
  • slight glow
  • monospaced font
  • symmetrical pattern
  • subtle gradient
  • bold text
  • rounded appearance
  • slight shadow
  • blocky style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708062008181192238561
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC
Archive ID
38c3c4de5ecab52f
SHA-256
38c3c4de5ecab52f39e9e5876827459abf7117edfe608f5eb00957acf067a9f3
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:43 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.075794

OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Four yellow circles on a cyan background, each containing the word "Circle" in black text.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 19:58 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,823 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 1,025

Review tags

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  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • monospaced (style, 0.80)
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  • circles (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • yellow
  • cyan
  • black

Composition

  • symmetrical
  • evenly spaced
  • text centered

Dense Caption

Four identical yellow circles arranged in a 2x2 grid on a cyan background. Each circle contains the word "Circle" in black, pixelated text. The circles have a soft, blurred edge effect. The text is centered within each circle. The background is solid cyan. The circles are evenly spaced. The text is rendered in a blocky, pixelated font. The circles are uniform in size and color. The text is identical in all four circles. The circles have a slight glow effect. The background is a solid, bright cyan color. The circles are positioned in the corners of the image. The text is black and contrasts sharply with the yellow circles. The circles are slightly overlapping at the edges. The text is horizontally centered within each circle. The circles are arranged in a symmetrical pattern. The text is vertically centered within each circle. The circles have a subtle gradient effect. The text is in lowercase letters. The circles are evenly distributed across the image. The text is in a sans-serif font. The circles have a soft, rounded appearance. The text is bold. The circles are positioned to form a square. The text is in a monospaced font. The circles have a slight shadow effect. The text is in a pixelated style. The circles are uniform in shape. The text is in a blocky style. The circles are arranged in a grid pattern. The text is in a bold, pixelated font. The circles are evenly spaced horizontally and vertically. The text is in a sans-serif, pixelated style. The circles have a soft, blurred edge. The text is in a bold, blocky style. The circles are arranged in a 2x2 grid. The text is in a pixelated, sans-serif style. The circles have a slight glow. The text is in a bold, pixelated font. The circles are positioned in the four corners of the image. The text is in a blocky, pixelated

Description

  • Four yellow circles on a cyan background, each containing the word "Circle" in black text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • four circles text circle
  • pixelated text circles
  • yellow circles
  • black text cyan background
  • circle text yellow circles
  • cyan background yellow circles
  • text circle yellow circles

Objects

  • circles

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x2 grid yellow circles

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • monospaced

Subjects

  • circles

Visible Text

  • Circle

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  • cyan background
  • black text
  • word "Circle"
  • pixelated font
  • soft blurred edges
  • text centered
  • solid cyan background
  • evenly spaced
  • uniform size
  • identical text
  • slight glow
  • monospaced font
  • symmetrical pattern
  • subtle gradient
  • bold text
  • rounded appearance
  • slight shadow
  • blocky style
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 10:39 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Full source records (1)
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)
Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200708062008181192238561
Archive entry
200708062008181192238561.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708062008181192238561.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708062008181192238561.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016