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A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections.

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A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections.

A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shar…

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Depicts

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four quadrants
  • top-left: candies
  • top-right: text on orange
  • bottom-left: text on orange
  • bottom-right: solid gray

Dense Caption

The image is divided into four quadrants. Top-left quadrant shows a cluster of M&M candies in red, green, yellow, blue, orange, and brown colors. Top-right quadrant has an orange background with pink text reading "M&M Lights". Bottom-left quadrant has an orange background with pink text reading "Luv Ya Caitlyn<3". Bottom-right quadrant is a solid gray background. All text is in a pixelated font. The image is static with no animation.

Description

  • A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • M&M Lights Luv Ya Caitlyn<3
  • M&M candies pink text
  • orange gray background M&M
  • Luv Ya Caitlyn<3 M&M Lights
  • M&M Lights orange background
  • Caitlyn<3 M&M candies
  • M&M Lights Luv Ya
  • M&M candies orange background

Visible Text

  • M&M Lights
  • Luv
  • Ya
  • Caitlyn<3

Wordwall

  • M&M candies
  • red M&Ms
  • green M&Ms
  • yellow M&Ms
  • blue M&Ms
  • orange M&Ms
  • brown M&Ms
  • pink text
  • orange background
  • gray background
  • pixelated font
  • Luv Ya Caitlyn<3
  • M&M Lights
  • static image
  • four quadrants

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100829193114310718241
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f6/f61fbc9b5bd396db38e2f30cb09ec072953b134a84f67259205882d0bce3da12.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 UTC
Archive ID
f61fbc9b5bd396db
SHA-256
f61fbc9b5bd396db38e2f30cb09ec072953b134a84f67259205882d0bce3da12
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 21:32 UTC
Run
1349
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000838

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 28, 2026 at 11:05 UTC
Run
1201
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000506

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000506falseself-harm0.000471falseself-harm/intent0.000213falsesexual0.000033falseviolence/graphic0.000007falseself-harm/instructions0.000002falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:05 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.472106

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 20:32 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,669 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,109, response 700

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • static (style, 0.80)
  • m m candies (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue
  • orange
  • brown
  • pink
  • gray

Composition

  • four quadrants
  • top-left: candies
  • top-right: text on orange
  • bottom-left: text on orange
  • bottom-right: solid gray

Dense Caption

The image is divided into four quadrants. Top-left quadrant shows a cluster of M&M candies in red, green, yellow, blue, orange, and brown colors. Top-right quadrant has an orange background with pink text reading "M&M Lights". Bottom-left quadrant has an orange background with pink text reading "Luv Ya Caitlyn<3". Bottom-right quadrant is a solid gray background. All text is in a pixelated font. The image is static with no animation.

Description

  • A static image of M&M candies on the left and text on the right, with orange and gray background sections.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • M&M Lights Luv Ya Caitlyn<3
  • M&M candies pink text
  • orange gray background M&M
  • Luv Ya Caitlyn<3 M&M Lights
  • M&M Lights orange background
  • Caitlyn<3 M&M candies
  • M&M Lights Luv Ya
  • M&M candies orange background

Objects

  • M&M candies

Style

  • pixelated
  • static

Subjects

  • M&M candies

Visible Text

  • M&M Lights
  • Luv
  • Ya
  • Caitlyn<3

Wordwall

  • M&M candies
  • red M&Ms
  • green M&Ms
  • yellow M&Ms
  • blue M&Ms
  • orange M&Ms
  • brown M&Ms
  • pink text
  • orange background
  • gray background
  • pixelated font
  • Luv Ya Caitlyn<3
  • M&M Lights
  • static image
  • four quadrants
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 23:05 UTC
Run
61
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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Source semantic tags (2)
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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
20100829193114310718241
Archive entry
20100829193114310718241.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 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#20100829193114310718241.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100829193114310718241.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016