I based the file on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format) and https://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/. I will translate the .ico file from how it looks in my hex editor into some kind of pseudo-binary (the order of the bytes are as written out):
ICONDIR{
uint16_t idReserved : 00 00
uint16_t idType : 00 01
uint16_t idCount : 00 01
ICONDIRENTRY{
uint8_t bWidth : 01
uint8_t bHeight : 01
uint8_t bColorCount : 00
uint8_t bReserved : 00
uint16_t wPlanes : 00 00
uint16_t wBitCount : 00 20
uint32_t dwBytesInRes : 00 00 00 49
uint32_t dwImageOffset : 00 00 00 16
}
}
PNG{
uint8_t PNGSignature[8] : 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A
IHDR{
uint32_t Length : 00 00 00 0D
uint8_t ChunkType[4] : 49 48 44 52 //IHDR
uint32_t Width : 00 00 00 01
uint32_t Height : 00 00 00 01
uint8_t BitDepth : 08 //8 bits
uint8_t ColourType : 06 //RGBA
uint8_t CompressionMethod : 00
uint8_t FilterMethod : 00
uint8_t InterlaceMethod : 00
uint32_t CRC32 : 1F 15 C4 89 //CRC32 of bits [ChunkType,...,InterlaceMethod]
}
IDAT{
uint32_t Length : 00 00 00 10
uint8_t ChunkType[4] : 49 44 41 54 //IDAT
ZLIB{
(CMF.CINFO = 0000,CMF.CM = 1000) : 08
(FLG.FLEVEL = 10 /*Slowest Algorithm*/
,FLG.FDICT = 0 /* No dictionary */
,FLG.FCHECK = 11001 /* 0000100010011001 = 2201 = 71 x 31 */) : 99
DEFLATE{
(BFINAL = 1 /* Last block */
,BTYPE = 00 /* No compression */
,<No compression ignored bytes = 00000>) : 80
uint16_t LEN : 00 05
uint16_t NLEN : FF FA
LITERAL_DATA_SCANLINE{
uint8_t FilterTypeByte : 00 // No filtering
PIXEL{
uint8_t R : FF
uint8_t G : 00
uint8_t B : 00
uint8_t A : FF
}
}
}
uint32_t ADLER32 : 00 AB 00 A2
}
uint32_t CRC32 : 02 EA 6B 91 //CRC32 of bits [ChunkType,ZLIB]
}
IEND{
uint32_t Length : 00 00 00 00
uint8_t ChunkType[4] : 49 45 4E 44
uint32_t CRC32 : AE 42 60 82 //CRC32 of [ChunkType]
}
}
PNG image (magnified to size 100x100):
Since the PNG can be displayed I guess there is some documentation I have not found/misinterpreted. Please point to the error if you see it!