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A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background.

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A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background.

A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…, Late-…

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Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal orientation
  • central rainbow stripe
  • dark abstract shape behind rainbow
  • solid black background

Dense Caption

The image shows a horizontally oriented, pixelated graphic featuring a vibrant rainbow gradient stripe running from left to right. The rainbow consists of distinct bands: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Behind the rainbow is an abstract, dark-colored shape with irregular edges and multiple light gray or white accents resembling spikes or protrusions. The background is solid black. The entire image has a low-resolution, pixelated appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

  • A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090818145111278115976

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • rainbow stripe abstract shape black background
  • pixelated rainbow graphic dark accents
  • low-resolution digital rainbow image
  • rainbow bands red orange yellow green blue purple

Wordwall

  • rainbow gradient
  • red orange yellow green blue purple bands
  • black background
  • pixelated graphic
  • abstract dark shape
  • light gray accents

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090818145111278115976
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/65/652502aff0962487cffe9d8b18179ee24bb08dadef875603b2bc49abae9105b9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC
Archive ID
652502aff0962487
SHA-256
652502aff0962487cffe9d8b18179ee24bb08dadef875603b2bc49abae9105b9
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 16:44 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000486

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000486falsesexual0.000042falseviolence/graphic0.000035falseharassment0.000027falseillicit0.000008falseself-harm0.000008falsehate0.000004falseself-harm/intent0.000002falseharassment/threatening0.000002falseillicit/violent0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000000false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:43 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.075373

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.924627onnx/unsafe0.075373onnx/nsfw0.038870onnx/nsfl0.036503
Enrichment records (1)
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A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 16:39 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,526 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,086, response 638

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • abstract dark shape (object, 0.80)
  • light gray accents (object, 0.80)
  • digital graphic (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • abstract dark shape with light accents (subject, 0.80)
  • rainbow stripe (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • orange
  • yellow
  • green
  • blue
  • purple
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • horizontal orientation
  • central rainbow stripe
  • dark abstract shape behind rainbow
  • solid black background

Dense Caption

The image shows a horizontally oriented, pixelated graphic featuring a vibrant rainbow gradient stripe running from left to right. The rainbow consists of distinct bands: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Behind the rainbow is an abstract, dark-colored shape with irregular edges and multiple light gray or white accents resembling spikes or protrusions. The background is solid black. The entire image has a low-resolution, pixelated appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

  • A pixelated rainbow-colored object with a dark, abstract shape behind it on black background.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090818145111278115976

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • rainbow stripe abstract shape black background
  • pixelated rainbow graphic dark accents
  • low-resolution digital rainbow image
  • rainbow bands red orange yellow green blue purple

Objects

  • rainbow stripe
  • abstract dark shape
  • light gray accents

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • digital graphic

Subjects

  • rainbow stripe
  • abstract dark shape with light accents

Wordwall

  • rainbow gradient
  • red orange yellow green blue purple bands
  • black background
  • pixelated graphic
  • abstract dark shape
  • light gray accents
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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
20090818145111278115976
Archive entry
20090818145111278115976.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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#20090818145111278115976.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090818145111278115976.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016