What does Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 mean?
Agreement, a deal being made, or a partnership — often used in professional or transactional contexts. This version specifies a skin tone for the Handshake emoji.
On most keyboards you'll find it grouped with the rest of the People & Body emojis under Hands, which makes it easy to browse similar options. Because tone doesn't always come through in text, it's often paired with a short phrase when the context isn't obvious. It's frequently used near emojis like Clapping Hands and Raising Hands, which cover similar ground.
💡 Interesting fact: As of Unicode 14.0, this emoji can be customized with two independent skin tones — one for each hand.
How to use Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 in a sentence
- Deal's official 🤝
- Great meeting you, let's do this 🤝
- Partnership confirmed 🤝
Frequently asked questions
What does the Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 emoji mean?
Agreement, a deal being made, or a partnership — often used in professional or transactional contexts. This version specifies a skin tone for the Handshake emoji.
How do people use the Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 emoji in texting?
A common way it shows up in messages: "Deal's official 🤝" It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.
Does the Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 emoji have different skin tone options?
Yes — Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone supports 25 skin tone variants, selectable from its own emoji keyboard entry or listed directly on this page.
Can I download the Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 emoji as an image?
Yes — this page has buttons to download Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.
Is there anything notable about the history of the Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻 emoji?
As of Unicode 14.0, this emoji can be customized with two independent skin tones — one for each hand.
Cross-platform view of Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone 🫱🏿🫲🏻
The same emoji is drawn differently by each company. Here's how Handshake: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone looks across the most common platforms.
