Do you know why the emoji is yellow?
September 25, 20242 Mins Read

Various types of emojis are now used to express feelings through various social media including Facebook, WhatsApp. When we chat, we use emojis instead of words to express our emotions, but we may never have thought why smileys and emojis are yellow in color.

The emoji is yellow in color

Although there is no exact answer behind smileys and emojis turning yellow, various reasons have been given for it. Some Quora users believe that the color of the emoji is yellow, because yellow represents peace of mind and is the only color that our eyes can see clearly, so the color of the emoji is yellow. Apart from this, some people think that yellow color matches skin color, so smileys and emojis are yellow in color.

Swift Media conducted a study on emojis and smileys, after which many reasons behind the use of these colors came out. It said that the color of the emoji is made to match the color of the skin. Because most of the emojis express emotions, smiling and happy faces are given yellow face pictures. The color of the sticker and balloon icon is also yellow, which symbolizes happiness. It has also been argued that a smiling face looks better on a yellow background so this color is used.

Apart from this, the research related to that emoji also states that it is a mobile engagement platform. Dubai psychologist Dr. Saliha Afridi says that whenever we are unable to express our emotions through our language, we try to express them through emojis, as our skin color is yellow, these emojis express our emotions better.