Possibility of change the color of the skin to many characters emoji is introduced by Apple since the iOS 8.3 (2015), but few know about this feature. Especially Europeans.
Also around the same time, Facebook decided to implement the new one pack of emoji in Facebook Messenger.
Emoji icons what it is faces, arms si hands of human beings, each received one set of five shades of color, besides the yellow one known by all and set by default. These nuances are not randomly chosen at all. Unicode Consortium, the company that has invented emoji and regulates them internationally, used the classification Fitzpatrick when it added the new color tones. classification Fitzpatrick (Fitzpatrick Scale) is recognized internationally and is a standard used in dermatology. This classification says that the skin color of people is classified in six shades of color.
The Unicode Consortium's decision to add new skins has gone from the desire of people around the world to have emoji which reflects more human diversity. Especially the color tone of the skin.
There have been rumors that yellow emojis would further characterize the Japanese. They are also known as "yellow race". Now, joking around a bit, every time I used a yellow emoji chip, I more quickly identified with a member of The Simpsons than with a Japanese.
How to change skin tone emoji on Facebook Messenger and iMessages
By default, emoji are colorless yellow or orange. By pressing the prolonged character that we want to use, the five other available colors will appear.
This way you can send an emoji of a color that reflects more the color of your skin.
This method is valid on both iOS (iMessages) as well as on Facebook Messenger.
