In that instance, both emoji would show up to indicate a modified skin color was intended. The system breaks down a bit when talking about emoji with multiple people in them.

She has teamed up with designer Kerrilyn Gibson, 25, to create an Afro hair emoji prototype and started a petition on change.org to include the Afro hair emoji on the emoji keyboard.

Redheads, textured hair, bald heads are coming to the Emoji lineup ... If approved, the future update will also include white hair and curly black hair for both genders, ...

However, according to new research from Dove, 8 in 10 Black people in the UK struggle to find emojis that represent them and their hair accurately. Or, Dove found, they don’t even search for an ...