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Light Yellow, Dark Blue, originally uploaded by dash16.

The final two colors from the pixelblocks color palette, Light Yellow and Dark Blue, have been notably missing from my collection. Today a generous coworker donated a set that contained every single color, including these two.

I'm going to start making pieces again, starting with a request from this coworker. Look for it soon.

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