The 'learner' icon has red too.
I do remember when they originally were asking for submissions, greyscale was one of the rules. As was 'no animation'.
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Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:28,
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i still remember people debating
whether a pacman icon that ate the subject's username was a good idea.
it was painful viewing.
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Sunshine Elephant,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:30,
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