Here's another puzzle of this type. Perhaps my next one will be complex enough to require the full $72$ x $72$ size.
Final answer: (5,2,5)
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$\begingroup$ Is visual the only applicable tag here? The original post said that the tags should indicate the techniques involved to find the solution $\endgroup$– HTMOct 19, 2019 at 2:00
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1$\begingroup$ @PiIsNot3 I'll add "Cipher" though it really isn't. It's a communication protocol (big hint!). $\endgroup$– JensOct 19, 2019 at 9:11
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$\begingroup$ Possibly that hint was too big. $\endgroup$– JasenOct 19, 2019 at 10:14
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$\begingroup$ @Jasen It probably was. :) $\endgroup$– JensOct 19, 2019 at 10:17
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The symbols look like
morse code - .. ... .- .-. . -.. .... . .-. .-. .. -. --.
but decoded it spells
TIS A RED HERRING
but it's a clue to the steganography:
If blue is long and yellow is short and a notch is a pause
It says
-- --- .-. ... . .. -. -.-. --- .-.. --- .-.
which translates to
MORSE IN COLOR
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$\begingroup$ Ugh, I got the red herring message but didn’t know what to do with the notches. Good job! $\endgroup$– HTMOct 19, 2019 at 10:18
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$\begingroup$ I edited your answer to hide essential information under spoiler blocks, just a heads up $\endgroup$– HTMOct 19, 2019 at 10:22
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1$\begingroup$ Sorry, shouldn’t have been so quick to edit, hope everything’s ok now :) $\endgroup$– HTMOct 19, 2019 at 10:30