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Diverse Images Prompted by “Mondrian” as Negative Prompt: Klee, Kandinsky, Kanabstracd

When using “Klee” or “Kanabstracd” as positive prompts and “Mondrian” as the negative prompt, the patterns in the images change significantly. This phenomenon was initially noticed when experimenting with various negative prompts alongside the positive prompt “Klee” in Stable Diffusion 2.1. Subsequently, it was found that specifying different positive prompts or using Stable Diffusion XL also led to dramatic and surreal changes in the patterns when “Mondrian” was used as the negative prompt.

The discovery of this phenomenon first occurred while experimenting with different negative prompts alongside the positive prompt “Klee.” It was observed that specifying "Mondrian” led to significant changes in the images. Below are some examples:

These images are markedly different from those generated when only “Klee” is specified as the positive prompt.

Similarly, specifying “Mondrian” as the negative prompt for Kandinsky also results in dramatic changes in the images.

While specifying “Mondrian” as the negative prompt may not always yield significant changes, there are notable differences depending on the creator’s name or pseudonym used as the positive prompt. When “Kanabstracd” is used as the positive prompt, for example, significant changes are observed.

On the other hand, using the pseudonym “Kanadansky” results in less variation.

When the creator’s name (Yasusi Kanada) is directly specified, there is some influence observed, but not significant changes.

Even when altering the spelling of “Mondrian” or using variations of it, significant changes in the patterns are not observed. This is evident in the examples provided for “Kanabstracd,” where different spellings such as “tondrian,” “Bondrian,” “Fondrian,” and “monochromezoomedondrian” were used as negative prompts.

The reason for these variations or lack thereof remains unclear. It is speculated that significant changes occur based on whether the images generated from the positive prompt resemble Mondrian patterns. When “Mondrian” or variations thereof are used as the positive prompt, predominantly Mondrian-style patterns are generated, as seen in the following images:

High-impact prompts like “Klee” generate patterns similar to “Mondrian” when prohibited, resulting in entirely different patterns. Similarly, the significant transformations observed with “Kandinsky” or “Kanabstracd” are likely due to their tendency to generate predominantly abstract images. However, while most of the abstract images generated when using them as positive prompts do not feature grid patterns, the reason for their significant influence remains unclear. Further research is required to elucidate these phenomena fully.