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How can I change the skin tone of emojis on macOS?

I'm running Ventura 13.5.1 on a MacBook Air (M1 2020).I have tried to change the emoji colour via the Character Viewer and the extra colour options just don't show up when I click and hold on the relevant emoji. I've tried using my Trackpad and using my mouse. Is there a setting somewhere that turns this off?


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MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on Aug 31, 2023 6:52 PM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2023 8:03 PM

FWIW, the color selections work normally on my installs so it doesn't appear to be a bug. Not all emojis have color options. It's more likely a local problem with your Mac.

Try booting into Safe Mode then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.

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Aug 31, 2023 7:39 PM in response to amurray

amurray wrote:

I'm running Ventura 13.5.1 on a MacBook Air (M1 2020).I have tried to change the emoji colour via the Character Viewer and the extra colour options just don't show up when I click and hold on the relevant emoji. I've tried using my Trackpad and using my mouse. Is there a setting somewhere that turns this off?

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How to Access & Use Different Emoji Skin Tones on Mac


Access and Use Different Emoji Skin Tones on Mac and iPhone


Changing emoji skin tones


if no resolve—

you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple


The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.5.1

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How can I change the skin tone of emojis on macOS?

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