Technical Term
Skin Tone Modifiers
Characters based on the Fitzpatrick scale used to represent different human skin tones in emojis.
In-depth Analysis
Introduced in Unicode 8.0, skin tone modifiers (Types 1-2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) allow users to customize human-based emojis. They represent a significant step in digital inclusivity. Technically, a skin tone modifier is appended to a base emoji to change its appearance without requiring a ZWJ.