medium-dark skin tone
Medium-dark skin tone modifier, used to adjust the skin color of human emojis
Basic Information
- Unicode U+1F3FE
- Version Emoji 1
- Category components
- Subcategory skin tones
Platform Meaning
Medium-dark skin tone modifier, used to adjust the skin color of human emojis
Tags
Platform Meaning
- Apple： Represents a medium-dark skin tone, used in combination with human emojis to indicate skin color
- Google： Medium-dark skin tone modifier symbol, intended to modify the skin tone of compatible emojis
- Twitter： Medium-dark skin tone emoji modifier, used to adjust the skin color of people emojis for diversity
- Unicode： Medium-Dark Skin Tone, a modifier that changes the skin tone of preceding human emoji characters
Detailed Introduction
The 🏾 emoji is a skin tone modifier representing medium-dark skin. It is part of the Fitzpatrick scale-based skin tone modifiers, designed to promote diversity and inclusivity in emoji representation. This modifier does not stand alone but combines with human emojis (like 👋, 👍, 🤝) to adjust their skin color. Common uses include personalizing emojis to reflect one's own skin tone, representing diverse individuals in messages, or emphasizing inclusivity in conversations about people from various ethnic backgrounds. It helps in making digital communication more representative of the real-world diversity of human skin colors.