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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Use
 var icon = blockies.create({ // All options are optional
     seed: 'randstring', // seed used to generate icon data, default: random
     color: '#dfe', // to manually specify the icon color, default: random
+    bgcolor: '#aaa', // choose a different background color, default: white
     size: 15, // width/height of the icon in blocks, default: 10
     scale: 3 // width/height of each block in pixels, default: 5
 });