Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about emoji

Emoji*** are about to get a lot more colorful.

The governing body for those graphics – yes, there is such a thing – says it’ll update its code so that those smiley faces can have various human skin tones.

“Why punch out five characters to express yourself, when you can punch one character and say it all?” says Ram Menon, whose company Avaamo provides a secure messaging app for businesses. The app includes workplace-centric emoticons.