Are default emoji yellow because of the Simpsons? Anyone know the backstory?
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probably stems from the original yellow happy face of Have A Nice Day circa 1970's as shown in Forrest Gump
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the original smiley buttons were yellow, and it stuck
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doesn't directly answer this but some interesting connections: washingtonpost.com/news/the-inter (despite the clickbaity headline)
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the smiley face was originally yellow- a 70s sticker that said have a nice day
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probably a clever designer playing it safe by not giving them a "natural" color. And yet, here we are, with racially diverse emoji...







