Please provide green skin-color for emojis"

James Kass jameskass at code2001.com
Fri Jul 30 14:16:59 CDT 2021


On 2021-07-30 3:16 PM, abrahamgross--- via Unicode wrote:
> The unicode document states “The color of the resulting image may not be exactly the same as the color square.”, so I don't think your worries hold up. Besides, the exact color for any emoji you pick are different between different vendors,
>
The Unicode document also shows the skin tone "emoji modifiers". Those 
modifiers don't use the ZWJ character.
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Emoji_Modifiers_Table

These five modifiers are based on the six tones of the Fitzpatrick scale 
for dermatology, which lacks green and other interesting tones.  (Type 
1, "pale white skin", was combined with Type 2, "white skin".)

It seems unlikely that the Fitzpatrick scale would ever be expanded to 
include shades of green.

As with the color squares, the document states that for these diversity 
emoji modifiers:  "The exact shades may vary between implementations".

In order to fulfill Hugh Perkins' desire for a green skin tone modifier 
to be added to Unicode, somebody would have to submit a formal proposal.
https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html

One of the factors the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee uses to assess a 
proposal for inclusion is the expected usage of proposed characters or 
sequences.  So, who would be using the proposed green skin tone modifier 
character?  Although decomposition and putrefaction often result in a 
green skin tone, dead men don't text.




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