What does 🟣 Purple Circle mean?
A solid purple circle, part of the set of coloured shapes added in 2019. It marks the purple option in a poll, a team colour or a category in a colour-coded plan. People also use it for things linked with purple: royalty, magic, creativity, or awareness campaigns that adopt the colour. In bullet lists it adds a splash of colour without carrying a fixed meaning.
🟣 Purple Circle is an emoji from the Symbols category (geometric shapes), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
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🟣 Purple Circle on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Purple Circle looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Purple Circle 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 :large_purple_circle:.
When was the Purple Circle emoji added?
🟣 Purple Circle was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. 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 Purple Circle. The underlying code (U+1F7E3) 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.