Dark skin tone is the common name for the Unicode character U+1F3FF, EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-6. It is an emoji modifier used to apply a dark skin tone to supported human and body-part emoji, forming an emoji modifier sequence with a base character that has the Emoji_Modifier_Base property. The modifier is appended directly to the base (no zero width joiner is needed), and the combined sequence typically renders as a single toned emoji. If applied to an unsupported base or in environments without proper emoji support, it may appear as a separate swatch-like glyph or be shown as a missing glyph alongside the base.
In normal use, the character does not appear by itself; it functions as part of a larger emoji sequence and is visually βabsorbedβ into the resulting toned emoji. When shown alone, many platforms display it as a small dark-toned square or swatch; on Apple/iOS it commonly appears as a dark skin-tone swatch when isolated and is available as an option in the skin tone picker for people and hand gestures. It does not alter non-human emoji (such as animals, flags, or symbols), and it does not control text-versus-emoji presentation, which can involve Variation Selector-16 on the base character. The skin tone modifiers are based on the Fitzpatrick dermatology scale and were standardized by Unicode to enable consistent, inclusive skin tone customization across platforms.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 8.3 update.
