๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌScientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone Emoji
What does ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone mean?
๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ is the Scientist emoji (๐งโ๐ฌ) with a medium-light skin tone (๐ผ, Fitzpatrick type 3) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
A person with a microscope, usually dressed for the lab, standing for scientists of every field, from chemists and biologists to physicists and engineers. People use it for lab work, research, science class and exam revision. Playfully, it marks any experiment: a strange new recipe, a fresh hair color or testing whether a life hack actually works. It also appears in the bios of researchers and science communicators. This is the gender-neutral scientist.
๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (jobs & roles), added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019. People use it in messages about biologist, chemist, engineer, mathematician and physicist.
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๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Scientist in every skin tone
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Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji added?
๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Scientist emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐งโ๐ฌ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐พโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ฌ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฌ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Scientist: Medium-Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F52C) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.