Image pasters: Difference between revisions
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This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | ||
First began popping off during the [[2025 color ban]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | First began popping off during the [[2025 color ban|2025/2026 color ban]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Egg dithering.png|By [[e_g.]], red emojis are added in an attempt to render other colors via trichromatic [[wikipedia:Dither|dithering]] | File:Egg dithering.png|By [[e_g.]], red emojis are added in an attempt to render other colors via trichromatic [[wikipedia:Dither|dithering]] | ||
File:Kesherian skies 3.png|By [[Catzcute4]], dithering is used to render different (shades of) colors | File:Kesherian skies 3.png|By [[Catzcute4]], dithering is used to render different (shades of) colors | ||
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File:Sorrow for a bygone era.webp|alt=In pixel art, a crying stickman is against a blue & green checkerboard pattern. Tears are coming out of his eyes, more so from his closed left eye, and he says "The world used to be so colourful... now it's monochrome."|"Sorrow for a bygone era" | File:Sorrow for a bygone era.webp|alt=In pixel art, a crying stickman is against a blue & green checkerboard pattern. Tears are coming out of his eyes, more so from his closed left eye, and he says "The world used to be so colourful... now it's monochrome."|"Sorrow for a bygone era" | ||
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=== Trichromea pasters === | |||
Image pasters that use red, green, and blue to create the impression of other colors. This type of image paster briefly became widespread at the end of the color ban, when colors were being re-enabled one at a time. The term "trichromea paster" was coined by a user at Spawn on February 4th, 2026. | |||
[[File:Green dithering.png|center|thumb|By [[Grr.Z]] (February 2nd, 2026)]] | |||
=== More unorthodox characters === | === More unorthodox characters === | ||
Many unicode sets contain characters with varying amounts of negative space, allowing them to create different shades for image pastes. Most of these are incredibly fuzzy and stylistic.[[File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png|center|thumb|405x405px|Using various unicode and SLC, by [[Haster]]]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using card unicode, by [[Banksy]]"> | Many unicode sets contain characters with varying amounts of negative space, allowing them to create different shades for image pastes. Most of these are incredibly fuzzy and stylistic.[[File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png|center|thumb|405x405px|Using various unicode and SLC, by [[Haster]]]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using card unicode, by [[Banksy]]"> | ||
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The script was created during [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026]], so links were used for color. When text colors started being reintroduced one at a time they were also incorporated into the image paster. | The script was created during [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026]], so links were used for color. When text colors started being reintroduced one at a time they were also incorporated into the image paster. | ||
[[Mr. Black]] used this paster both unobtrusively and for spam, to paste images that were both beautiful and crude.<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | [[Mr. Black]] used this paster both unobtrusively and for spam, to paste images that were both beautiful and crude.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Big kirk.png|Black and white paste (January 24th, 2026) | File:Big kirk.png|Black and white paste (January 24th, 2026) | ||
File:Three eyes.png|February 4th, 2026 | File:Three eyes.png|February 4th, 2026 | ||
File:Creepypasta spawn february 4 2026.png|Dark mode (February 4th, 2026) | File:Creepypasta spawn february 4 2026.png|Dark mode (February 4th, 2026) | ||