Artist: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a dark skin tone holding a wooden paint palette with colorful blobs of paint and a small brush. The character wears a beret, signaling the classic, recognizable image of a painter at work.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for sharing artwork, discussing creative hobbies, or announcing a new project. It is frequently used in posts showcasing sketches, paintings, or design work. Users often pair it with 🎨 or 🖌️ to emphasize a creative focus.

History

The base artist emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 4.0. The ability to modify the skin tone was added shortly after to better reflect the diversity of real-world creators and professionals globally.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍🎨

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F3A8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_1f3a8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83C;&#xDFA8;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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