Introduction
I hereby request the addition of Gray Heart, White Heart, Brown Heart, Pink Heart, Maroon Heart and Teal Heart emojis to the Unicode Standard. These six emojis only differ by color.
These emojis, like existing colored hearts, have two effective purposes:
- Indicate affection for something that is associated with a certain color.
- Act as a color swatch (without negative connotations).
The following examples for color meaning and associations are not meant to be exhaustive.
- The Gray Heart lies between the White Heart and the existing Black Heart to indicate a non-binary state. The color is associated with concrete, stone, possibly metal and ashes, boredom.
- The White Heart contrasts with the Black Heart. The color stands for immaculacy, innocence, marriage, virginity, snow and, in some cultures, death.
- The Brown Heart resembles a piece of chocolate. The color also stands for coffee, darker human skin tones, soil, dirt and feces.
- The Pink Heart shall be disunified from the Red Heart. The color stands for (baby) girls, cuteness, warmth, lighter human skin tones, venous blood and sex.
- The Maroon Heart is also close to the Red Heart. The color stands for arterial blood and heat.
- The Teal Heart is a lighter Blue Heart. The color stands for (baby) boys, sky, water, ice, cold, luxury.
Glyph examples and discussion of inclusion and exclusion factors are included on the following pages. As per the emoji submission guidelines, this document does not include the character proposal form.
Names
It should not be necessary for the English CLDR names to deviate from the UCD names. The gray heart emoji would probably need to use British spelling in the UCD, i.e. Grey Heart, but I will consistently use a in this document.