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A grid of pixelated square icons with black borders, each containing a solid color center, arranged in rows with a gradient background shifting from pink to green to blue.

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A grid of pixelated square icons with black borders, each containing a solid color center, arranged in rows with a gradient background shifting from pink to green to blue.

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Composition

  • grid arrangement
  • consistent spacing
  • uniform icon size
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image shows a grid of square icons with black borders. Each icon contains a solid color center. The colors of the centers include yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and pink. The background of the grid has a gradient that transitions from pink at the bottom to green in the middle to blue at the top. The icons are arranged in a uniform grid pattern with consistent spacing between them. The image is pixelated, indicating low resolution. There are no visible text elements or additional symbols within the icons or background.

Description

A grid of pixelated square icons with black borders, each containing a solid color center, arranged in rows with a gradient background shifting from pink to green to blue.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 201005291248342142578784

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated grid of colored squares
  • black bordered solid color icons
  • gradient background pink green blue
  • low resolution grid
  • uniform square icons
  • multiple solid colors
  • no text icons
  • pixelated grid arrangement

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  • black bordered squares
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  • green centers
  • cyan centers
  • blue centers
  • purple centers
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  • pink to green to blue
  • pixelated grid
  • uniform spacing
  • low resolution
  • no text
  • no symbols
  • consistent pattern
  • multiple colors
  • grid arrangement
  • solid colors
  • black borders

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201005291248342142578784
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
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 16:06 UTC
Archive ID
4f6826d9f78a8527
SHA-256
4f6826d9f78a8527d5f39186f7d47b72a994bad09c58e2f71d3a9d2bc5b85238
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Assessed
August 29, 2026 at 22:44 UTC
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August 7, 2026 at 01:14 UTC
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July 23, 2026 at 16:19 UTC
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A grid of pixelated square icons with black borders, each containing a solid color center, arranged in rows with a gradient background shifting from pink to green to blue.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 19:19 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
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Tokens
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  • consistent spacing
  • uniform icon size
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image shows a grid of square icons with black borders. Each icon contains a solid color center. The colors of the centers include yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and pink. The background of the grid has a gradient that transitions from pink at the bottom to green in the middle to blue at the top. The icons are arranged in a uniform grid pattern with consistent spacing between them. The image is pixelated, indicating low resolution. There are no visible text elements or additional symbols within the icons or background.

Description

A grid of pixelated square icons with black borders, each containing a solid color center, arranged in rows with a gradient background shifting from pink to green to blue.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 201005291248342142578784

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
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Run
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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
201005291248342142578784
Archive entry
201005291248342142578784.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#201005291248342142578784.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201005291248342142578784.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016