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Dark skin tone

Dark skin tone Emoji

Objects

A dark brown square that functions as a modifier for human-form emojis. It changes the appearance of skin tones on standard icons to represent darker complexions.

Usage Context

This modifier is used to ensure inclusive representation across digital communication. It is almost always paired with emojis like 👍 or 👋 to personalize a reaction or gesture. When a user holds down an emoji button on a mobile device, this option appears as part of the skin tone selection palette.

History

Introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, this modifier was developed as part of the Fitzpatrick scale implementation. The goal was to provide a standardized way to reflect human diversity, moving beyond the default yellow characters that had previously dominated digital messaging.

Details

Glyph
🏿
Unicode
U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory skin-tone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Tags
6darkskintonetypefitzpatrickdiversitymodifierinclusivehuman

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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