# Why are my forum emojis all dark?

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 25, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246 "2025-06-25T01:57:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/u/cityguy)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/1 "2025-06-25T01:57:13Z")

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![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/8/a89e703c0c0217fb73f8127d8134f47985ff8b05.png)

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**Author:** ![abr](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/abr/32/62448_2.png) [@abr](https://resource.dopus.com/u/abr)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/2 "2025-06-25T02:17:36Z")

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I like gingerbread!

😀

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**Author:** ![cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/u/cityguy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/3 "2025-07-03T16:59:30Z")

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Anyone have a solution?

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/4 "2025-07-03T17:58:09Z")

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Click the clapping hands at the top-right of the picker to change the skin tone. Yellow is the default, I think.

(I don't know why it's a clapping hands icon or doesn't at least have a better tooltip. A question for the Discourse developers.)

 ![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/8/5821df1a2de78fa9a045f17f9c5017304276e44a.png)

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**Author:** ![cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/u/cityguy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/5 "2025-07-03T21:31:06Z")

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I don't get it. Today they are back to normal again.

 ![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/1/11549a8076b4a7e8e850e961577e16609acb247b.png)

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**Author:** ![errante](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/errante/32/61692_2.png) [@errante](https://resource.dopus.com/u/errante)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/6 "2025-07-03T22:10:43Z")

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Most likely someone else is using your computer! 😃

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**Author:** ![cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cityguy](https://resource.dopus.com/u/cityguy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/why-are-my-forum-emojis-all-dark/56246/7 "2025-07-03T22:38:46Z")

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It would have to be a ghost 👻 I Can't even get a Gingerbread ghost. ☹ Or a Gingerbread frown.

 ![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/6/56189c093d75df411a61a68ae34522f7dbce2646.png)