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The skin tones were based on the Fitzpatrick scale, a recognized standard for determining skin color. ARGB Skin tones are technically difficult to implement in
by galgalesh 5y ago
The skin tones were based on the Fitzpatrick scale, a recognized standard for determining skin color.
ARGB Skin tones are technically difficult to implement in unicode and would explode the amount of work needed by emoji font designers. It's always a trade-off between enabling expression and keeping it practical.
- pbronez 5y agoThat's really interesting! It's nice to know that the tones were chosen from an established dermatological scale that was created to help people keep their skin healthy. That's about as wholesome and rigorous as you could hope for, I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji#Skin_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji#Skin_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale