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Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors.

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Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors.

Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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Source terms

Animation

  • no visible animation changes

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes across observations; static image with consistent elements.

Composition

  • scattered circles
  • text positioned across image

Dense Caption

Black background with scattered circles in varying shades of purple and pink; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text positioned across the image; some circles are split into two distinct colors (e.g., half pink and half purple); circles vary in size from small to large; no visible motion or animation changes; text is consistently legible; color palette limited to black, purple, and pink; composition is scattered with no clear pattern; no additional objects or subjects present.

Description

Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ninja text purple pink circles
  • black background ninja circles
  • split circles ninja text
  • purple pink circles black background

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • ninja

Wordwall

  • black background
  • purple circles
  • pink circles
  • split circles
  • ninja text
  • white text
  • scattered circles
  • varied circle sizes
  • no motion
  • legible text
  • limited color palette
  • scattered composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090918194536528260051
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/71/719c0831ed0a997f0310c015f3fbb8605195c47e4a4ed60f300eafe627497371.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Archive ID
719c0831ed0a997f
SHA-256
719c0831ed0a997f0310c015f3fbb8605195c47e4a4ed60f300eafe627497371
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 13, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Run
1287
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010147

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:56 UTC
Run
1039
Input
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Overall label
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Enrichment records (1)
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Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 18:02 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,104 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 689

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • no visible animation changes (other, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • scattered (style, 0.80)
  • text overlay (style, 0.80)

Animation

  • no visible animation changes

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes across observations; static image with consistent elements.

Colors

  • black
  • purple
  • pink

Composition

  • scattered circles
  • text positioned across image

Dense Caption

Black background with scattered circles in varying shades of purple and pink; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text positioned across the image; some circles are split into two distinct colors (e.g., half pink and half purple); circles vary in size from small to large; no visible motion or animation changes; text is consistently legible; color palette limited to black, purple, and pink; composition is scattered with no clear pattern; no additional objects or subjects present.

Description

Black background with scattered purple and pink circles; four instances of the word 'ninja' in white text; some circles are split into two colors.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

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  • ninja text purple pink circles
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  • split circles ninja text
  • purple pink circles black background

Style

  • pixelated
  • scattered
  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • ninja

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  • purple circles
  • pink circles
  • split circles
  • ninja text
  • white text
  • scattered circles
  • varied circle sizes
  • no motion
  • legible text
  • limited color palette
  • scattered composition
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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
20090918194536528260051
Archive entry
20090918194536528260051.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090918194536528260051.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090918194536528260051.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016