What does 🎨 Artist Palette mean?
A painter’s palette dotted with blobs of colour. It is used for painting, drawing, design work, art classes and creativity in general. Artists put it in bios and posts, and people send it when sharing a doodle, a new nail colour or a colourful outfit. It also stands for choosing colour schemes, decorating and anything “artsy”.
🎨 Artist Palette is an emoji from the Activities category (arts & crafts), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about art, artsy, arty, colorful, creative and entertainment.
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🎨 Artist Palette on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Artist Palette looks on each platform.
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Artist Palette emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Artist Palette emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎨 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :art:.
When was the Artist Palette emoji added?
🎨 Artist Palette was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎨 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Artist Palette. The underlying code (U+1F3A8) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.