All publicly-shipping default emoji people now have both yellow skin, and yellow hair. The first developer beta versions used yellow-skin with dark hair for the defaults. Interestingly, Apple went one step further with these images shortly prior to the public release of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3. These Simpson-esque emojis might not be to everyone's liking, but they do strive to make it clear that the default characters do not have a particular race or skin tone implied. The result of this is a yellow baby, yellow boy, yellow girl, yellow surfer, yellow Santa.you get the idea. Namely a bright, Lego-like shade of yellow. Here's what you can expect.Īs recommended by Unicode in 2014, any emoji that displays with white skin in the previous Apple emoji artwork, has been changed to display with a 'non human' skin tone. Previously reported changes to Apple's emoji lineup have continued, with changes right up until the public release of the latest update for iPhone, iPad, and the Mac. Apple has released its latest set of emoji characters to the public as part of iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3.