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Medium skin tone Emoji

Objects

A flat, solid patch of warm, tan-colored pigment. This modifier is applied to human-form emojis to shift their skin appearance to a medium-toned shade.

Usage Context

Used to customize the appearance of character emojis to better reflect real-world diversity. Users append this to emojis like 👍 or 👋 to create a personalized representation of themselves or others during digital conversations.

History

Introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, these modifiers were developed alongside the Fitzpatrick scale to address long-standing demands for greater inclusivity in digital communication, moving away from the default 'simpson-yellow' look of early platform icons.

Details

Glyph
🏽
Unicode
U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory skin-tone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
4mediumskintonetypemodifierdiversityinclusivehumancomplexion

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.

MIT LicenseFluent Emoji Repository

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