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Cantor Dust Fractal Generator

world's simplest fractal tool

This utility lets you draw custom and colorful Cantor dust fractals. We have created three types of fractal – Regular Dust, Connected Dust, and Dusty Dust. They're all based on the Cantor set principles that are extended to two dimensions and differ in the presence or absence of additional central squares. For each of these types, you can set the number of recursive steps and the reduction ratio of square sizes between the recursions. You can also adjust the working space by setting the values for its height, width, padding, and square properties. We offer a palette of four colors to choose for the dust's outline, background, side and center squares. Fun fact – Cantor dust is just a Cartesian product of the Cantor set with itself and can be extended to three-dimensional space and beyond by calculating more products. Created by fractal fans from team Browserling. Fractabulous!

᠎᠎᠎          Tool Options

Dust Variations

Draw the textbook version
of a Cantor dust fractal.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
and all squares touching
by vertices.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
crushed to fine dust.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.

Dust Colors and Line

Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for central dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.

Iterations and Space

Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

What Is a Cantor Dust Fractal Generator?

This online browser-based tool illustrates Cantor dust fractals. The idea behind building this fractal is to apply the middle-thirds Cantor set to a square in two-dimensional space. This is accomplished by dividing a square into nine equal-sized parts and leaving only the four side squares (and depending on the fractal type, additionally leaving the central square, too). To construct the "Regular Dust" type, we remove the central square, leaving only 4 squares in the corners. At the nth iteration step, this fractal yields 4ⁿ⁻¹ squares with sides rⁿ⁻¹ times smaller than the starting square. The variable r is the reduction ratio that can be adjusted in the options. To create the "Connected Dust" type, we leave an additional square in the center from iteration to iteration. For this type, (4ⁿ-1)/3 squares are drawn at the nth iteration step. In the "Dusty Dust" type (also known as the "Box Fractal"), we leave not only the central square but also grind it to dust. By doing this, at the nth recursion level, we get 5ⁿ⁻¹ squares. Just like Cantor set, Cantor dust has zero measure. Mind blowing and ingenious at the same time, or as we love to say – fractabulous!


Cantor Dust Fractal Generator Examples

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Regular Cantor Dust Fractal

In this example, we generate a regular Cantor dust fractal of the 4th order. The iterative order tells us that there are 4⁴⁻¹ = 4³ = 64 squares shown here with sides 3⁴⁻¹ = 3³ = 27 times smaller than the side of the initial square. We use a 600x600px canvas, fill it with a gorse-yellow color, and draw green dust with a deep-fir color outline.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw the textbook version
of a Cantor dust fractal.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

Connected Cantor Dust

This example illustrates a four-color version of the Connected Dust fractal. It recurses three times on an 800x800px canvas with 20-pixel padding and produces 21 vertex-to-vertex connected squares of various sizes. It uses a Klein-blue color for the background, pink-flamingo color for the four side squares, yellow color for the central squares and black for the square outline.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
and all squares touching
by vertices.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for central dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

Cantor Box Fractal

In this example, we create the Dusty Dust fractal at the 4th iteration stage. This fractal type grinds the initial square into a fine powder. The construction of this fractal is the same as the Box Fractal with the starting square crushed to 125 congruent squares, each 729 times smaller in area than the initial square. The formula used to calculate the total number of squares is 5ⁿ⁻¹ = 5⁴⁻¹ = 5³ = 125, and the formula to calculate the area ratio of the start square to a single final square is r²⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾ = r²⁽⁴⁻¹⁾ = r⁶ = 3⁶ = 729.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
crushed to fine dust.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for central dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

1024 Dust Particles

In this example, we set the reduction ratio to 2.4 and generate the textbook version of the Cantor dust fractal. We recursively chop the unit square to the depth of six, which produces 4⁶⁻¹ = 4⁵ = 1024 particles. As with every recursive step, the side of new squares decreases 2.4 times, then at depth six, the side of the smallest dust particle is 2.4⁶⁻¹ = 2.4⁵ ≈ 79 times smaller than of the original square. The white dust particles are drawn on a laurel-green color canvas, which is 800x800px in size.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw the textbook version
of a Cantor dust fractal.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

Crosslike Dusty Dust Fractal

This example draws a Dusty Dust fractal with the reduction ratio equal to 4. At the 5th iteration, the area of the tiniest squares in the corners is r²⁽ⁿ⁻¹⁾ = 4²⁽⁵⁻¹⁾ = 4⁸ = 65536 times smaller than the first square. As the central squares serve as connections for the others, their size is slightly larger than the corner squares. This fractal configuration resembles a cross or diffraction spikes that you see in astronomy photos.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
crushed to fine dust.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for central dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

Bright Connected Dust Fractal

In this example, we set the side-to-side ratio to 2.2 and generate a bright fourth-order Connected Dust fractal. With these options, the side of the red squares is 2.2⁴⁻¹ = 2.2³ ≈ 10 times smaller than the side of the initial square. Yellow squares connect the red squares together and have different sizes at different recursive levels. We also add 15-pixel padding and draw the dust on a cyan color background.

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Draw a Cantor fractal with
extra squares in the center
and all squares touching
by vertices.
Reduction ratio of the square
sides between iteration steps.
Color for space fill.
Color for side dust fill.
Color for central dust fill.
Color for dust outline.
Dust outline width.
Number of iterative steps.
Space width.
Space height.
Extra space around all dust.

Pro tips Master online fractal tools

You can pass options to this tool using their codes as query arguments and it will automatically compute output. To get the code of an option, just hover over its icon. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/fractal/draw-cantor-dust-fractal?width=600&height=600&iterations=4&background-color=%2523fff641&line-segment-color=%25231e4200&fill-color=%252309de02&line-width=4&padding=15&dust=true&ratio=3

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