What does 🤳🏻 Selfie: Light Skin Tone mean?
🤳🏻 is the Selfie emoji (🤳) with a light skin tone (🏻, Fitzpatrick type 1–2) 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.
Arm stretched out, phone in hand, ready to snap a self-portrait. It marks selfies, mirror pics, outfit checks and new profile photos, or simply says “camera ready”. People also send it to ask a friend for a picture. It works for proud and ironic posts alike, from a glowing vacation shot to a bad-hair-day snap.
🤳🏻 Selfie: Light Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (hands with props), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about camera and phone.
Example messages
🤳🏻 Selfie: Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Selfie: Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Selfie in every skin tone
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Selfie: Light Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Selfie: Light Skin Tone 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.
When was the Selfie: Light Skin Tone emoji added?
🤳🏻 Selfie: Light Skin Tone was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Selfie emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow 🤳, there are 5 skin tone versions: 🤳🏻 🤳🏼 🤳🏽 🤳🏾 🤳🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does 🤳🏻 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Selfie: Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F933 U+1F3FB) 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.