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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by F3nd0 on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:30PM (#46828026)
Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really.
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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by magguzu on Friday January 30, 2026 @03:16PM (#46829294)
Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?

There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it"

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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by F3nd0 on Friday January 30, 2026 @06:08PM (#46831226)
Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?
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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by graemep on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:47PM (#46833594)
That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.
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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by tehjoker on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:50PM (#46828305)
why not let people just pick which one they want to use
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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by F3nd0 on Friday January 30, 2026 @06:12PM (#46831261)
I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves.
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Re:Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 by graemep on Sunday February 01, 2026 @06:08AM (#46845316)
Just use a font with the colours you like?
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