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Four red squares with white borders arranged in a 2x2 grid on a black background.

Four red squares with white borders arranged in a 2x2 grid on a black background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Student Handouts Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons, 2012 Late Instant-M…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • 2x2 grid
  • symmetrical
  • uniform spacing

Dense Caption

Four identical red squares, each with a white border, are arranged in a 2x2 grid pattern on a solid black background. Each square is positioned in a corner of the grid, with equal spacing between them. The squares are uniform in size and color, with no additional visual elements or text present. The image is static with no animation.

Description

  • Four red squares with white borders arranged in a 2x2 grid on a black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • buddy icons
  • student handouts
  • anarchy
  • checkerboards
  • messenger
  • 2012
  • Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons
  • 2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
  • abstract patterns
  • pictures
  • collection identity
  • provenance era
  • provenance source-name
  • provenance collection-attribute
  • provenance topic-coverage

Metadata Only Entities

  • buddy icons
  • student handouts
  • anarchy
  • checkerboards
  • messenger
  • 2012
  • Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons
  • 2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
  • abstract patterns
  • pictures
  • collection identity

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red squares white borders black background
  • 2x2 grid red squares
  • four red squares black background
  • red squares white borders grid
  • black background red squares
  • uniform red squares grid
  • red squares black background
  • white borders red squares

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation detected
  • no text present
  • no additional visual elements

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • untrustedSourceHintsJson contains non-authoritative claims
  • no evidence supports 'anarchy' or 'student handouts' claims
  • no evidence supports 'buddy icons' claims

Wordwall

  • red squares
  • white borders
  • black background
  • 2x2 grid
  • four squares
  • uniform size
  • solid black
  • no text
  • static image
  • equal spacing

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July 12, 2026

Student Handouts Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons

Source title
Buddy Icons for Instant Messaging | Student Handouts
Category
pictures / messenger buddy icons / buddy icons for instant messaging student handouts
Era
2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 23:32 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
329 bytes
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/41/417475393adfd4241d29b6db879960532cb5e011be952daea6510b2471a43b3b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 23:32 UTC
Archive ID
417475393adfd424
SHA-256
417475393adfd4241d29b6db879960532cb5e011be952daea6510b2471a43b3b
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:52 UTC
Run
107
Input
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Four red squares with white borders arranged in a 2x2 grid on a black background.

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,870 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,037, response 668

Review tags

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  • white (color, 0.80)
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Colors

  • red
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • 2x2 grid
  • symmetrical
  • uniform spacing

Dense Caption

Four identical red squares, each with a white border, are arranged in a 2x2 grid pattern on a solid black background. Each square is positioned in a corner of the grid, with equal spacing between them. The squares are uniform in size and color, with no additional visual elements or text present. The image is static with no animation.

Description

  • Four red squares with white borders arranged in a 2x2 grid on a black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • buddy icons
  • student handouts
  • anarchy
  • checkerboards
  • messenger
  • 2012
  • Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons
  • 2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
  • abstract patterns
  • pictures
  • collection identity
  • provenance era
  • provenance source-name
  • provenance collection-attribute
  • provenance topic-coverage

Metadata Only Entities

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  • student handouts
  • anarchy
  • checkerboards
  • messenger
  • 2012
  • Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons
  • 2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
  • abstract patterns
  • pictures
  • collection identity

Mood

  • neutral
  • orderly

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Objects

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  • black background

Preprocessing Notes

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Source Metadata Interpretation

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Wordwall

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  • white borders
  • black background
  • 2x2 grid
  • four squares
  • uniform size
  • solid black
  • no text
  • static image
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Student Handouts Labeled Messenger Buddy Icons (student-handouts-labeled-messenger-buddy-icons)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
2012 Late Instant-Messenger Icon Gallery
Type
single labeled HTML gallery with a dedicated dated asset directory
Category
pictures / messenger buddy icons / buddy icons for instant messaging student handouts
Title
Buddy Icons for Instant Messaging | Student Handouts
Alt
Red, Black, and White Blocks
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 23:32 UTC
Rights
site-authored or collected imagery licensed for noncommercial personal use; research/reference only by default
Slice
late-era general-purpose identity symbols, flags, patterns, historical subjects, and abstract designs

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