The woman facepalming: medium-light skin tone emoji is your go-to when reality does something so baffling you can only meet it with a palm-to-forehead. It screams SMH, big yikes, and I can’t even in one graceful, exasperated motion. People drop it after dad jokes, chaotic group chats, hot takes that should’ve stayed drafts, or when they realize they replied-all to the entire company. It also works for playful self-roasting—forgot your keys again? Boom, facepalm.
On Apple/iOS, she’s a front-facing bust in a purple top with medium-light skin, brown hair, and a right hand pressed to her forehead, eyes closed in peak embarrassment, lips tight in a silent “why.” The clean Apple gradients make the hand and face pop, and that unmistakable purple sweater has become visual shorthand for cringe or secondhand embarrassment. It’s a cousin to the legendary Picard facepalm meme, perfect for “that moment when” stories, sarcastic replies, and reaction threads. Use it to soften a correction, to commiserate with a friend’s comedy of errors, or to signal that a take was so bad it needs a nap and a reboot.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 10 update.
