I don't think they have to be.
the christmas and Halloween ones are coloured aren't they?
Does it push up the filesize by a crucial KB though?
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supermoore: HUNG,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:26,
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less than 100 bytes more
so not that bigger deal really is it? and that's the robin one, which uses more colours than the others, i think
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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:27,
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To be honest
I think it might be more the fact that lots of people using different coloured icons would make the board look rather garish.
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supermoore: HUNG,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:30,
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yeah
garish, but colourful! =)
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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:32,
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Garish?
What is it now? Co-ordinated? ; )
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routine has perfected burgers,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:36,
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don't you mean
gayish
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Sir Tomalot: Don't look at my profile, you'll go blind,
Tue 20 Jul 2004, 18:42,
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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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