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A static image with a cyan background featuring scattered purple plus signs and green I-shaped symbols.

A static image with a cyan background featuring scattered purple plus signs and green I-shaped symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • scattered
  • evenly distributed elements
  • no central focal point

Dense Caption

The image displays a cyan background with scattered purple plus signs of varying sizes and green I-shaped symbols. The plus signs are distributed across the entire frame, with some appearing larger than others. The green I-shaped symbols are positioned at specific intervals, with three visible instances. The overall composition is static with no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • A static image with a cyan background featuring scattered purple plus signs and green I-shaped symbols.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan background purple plus signs
  • green I symbols cyan
  • scattered plus signs
  • static pixel art

Wordwall

  • cyan background
  • purple plus signs
  • green I-shaped symbols
  • scattered distribution
  • static image
  • varied plus sign sizes
  • three green I symbols

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081008232321705970492
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
512 bytes
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 15:40 UTC
Archive ID
86aa27b261d3d188
SHA-256
86aa27b261d3d18809a1c5008b367d647f49d24d4d99f0681c3f13d167fffc3b
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Assessed
August 14, 2026 at 10:10 UTC
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A static image with a cyan background featuring scattered purple plus signs and green I-shaped symbols.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 03:24 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,101 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,114, response 551

Review tags

  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • abstract (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • green i shaped symbols (object, 0.80)
  • purple plus signs (object, 0.80)
  • geometric (style, 0.80)
  • minimalist (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • cyan
  • purple
  • green

Composition

  • scattered
  • evenly distributed elements
  • no central focal point

Dense Caption

The image displays a cyan background with scattered purple plus signs of varying sizes and green I-shaped symbols. The plus signs are distributed across the entire frame, with some appearing larger than others. The green I-shaped symbols are positioned at specific intervals, with three visible instances. The overall composition is static with no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • A static image with a cyan background featuring scattered purple plus signs and green I-shaped symbols.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • playful
  • abstract

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan background purple plus signs
  • green I symbols cyan
  • scattered plus signs
  • static pixel art

Objects

  • purple plus signs
  • green I-shaped symbols

Style

  • pixelated
  • minimalist
  • geometric

Wordwall

  • cyan background
  • purple plus signs
  • green I-shaped symbols
  • scattered distribution
  • static image
  • varied plus sign sizes
  • three green I symbols
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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
20081008232321705970492
Archive entry
20081008232321705970492.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081008232321705970492.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081008232321705970492.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016