I've just ran your sizes through Node.js and a 5x5 GIF is just a bit larger than a 3x3 GIF, but the 7x7 is already quite large as a data URI: 3x3 data:image/gi

I've just ran your sizes through Node.js and a 5x5 GIF is just a bit larger than a 3x3 GIF, but the 7x7 is already quite large as a data URI: 3x3 data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAwACAPIFADEPDF0pEmouEW41JYhFNIhJMgAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAAIf4dQ29tcHJlc3NlZCBieSBqcGVnLXJlY29tcHJlc3MALAAAAAADAAIAAAMECBRTkgA7 5x5 data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQADAPMOABwEADsRDjwaG0ccClolDF4pEEwkIlo1NGguHGswF3g6H4Q6ELteLJxSQKFfTwAAACH5BAAAAAAAIf4dQ29tcHJlc3NlZCBieSBqcGVnLXJlY29tcHJlc3MALAAAAAAFAAMAAAQLEISWhkBOEcPOKhEAOw== 7x7 data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBwAFAPUiAB4FASEGAyIGAi8OCDgXCz4aGS8XICwbKDwdI08dCFEfC1kdEE0hEVYmD18jCFMkEFIhI1UrLmwvEWswEG8xFXEvEnUzE3g3IGJCT5RADZBEGYlLMpJOMaVPIrxbI6dWQqdhUaxpYMFpPwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAAIf4dQ29tcHJlc3NlZCBieSBqcGVnLXJlY29tcHJlc3MALAAAAAAHAAUAAAYhwEBg8bEkCIABBLRxPBCRCoijmCAuHoxm8jB0RAdL5hEEADs=