--- title: New Redhead Emoji Is a Cause for a Ginger Celebration description: It's official. We're getting redhead emoji and redheads can't stop celebrating with triumphant internet reactions. canonical: https://time.com/5139480/redhead-emoji-2018/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-08T16:02:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:26.862Z og:title: Redheads Can't Stop Partying After Getting Their Own Emoji og:description: The internet reactions have been spectacular og:url: https://time.com/5139480/redhead-emoji-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb198547845c6a1dc/698926b60a4a2216679d1add/redhead.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Redhead og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Redheads Can't Stop Partying After Getting Their Own Emoji twitter:description: The internet reactions have been spectacular twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb198547845c6a1dc/698926b60a4a2216679d1add/redhead.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Redheads Have the Most Triumphant Reactions to Getting Their Own Emoji ## Video: See the New Emoji Coming to Your iPhone Later This Year [Watch (HLS stream): See the New Emoji Coming to Your iPhone Later This Year](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EhlrnXiY.m3u8) (0:55)  _Published 2017-07-17. If you're still struggling to pick the perfect emoji, your choices are about to multiply_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 8, 2018 4:02 PM UTC  by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 8, 2018 4:02 PM UTC [Redheads](http://time.com/4011863/redhead-days-celebrities/) are positively thrilled to be getting [emoji of their very own](http://fortune.com/2018/02/08/redhead-new-emojis-2018/). The Unicode Consortium, which oversees emoji selection, announced the 157 new characters for its [new Emoji 11.0 collection](http://blog.unicode.org/2018/02/unicode-emoji-110-characters-now-final.html) Wednesday. And with this fresh new batch comes a key addition: the long-awaited [redhead emoji](http://time.com/5044751/prince-harry-ginger-meghan-markle-video/) in a range of skin tones. For phone-carrying customers who have long felt excluded from the conversation, this news about red hair cartoon people is raining down like champagne. Other new emoji: a smattering of superheroes, leafy greens, a paper hat topped-“party” face, a pirate flag, a pink frosted-cupcake, and a mosquito. Users will also be able to choose from bald, curly-haired and others, also in a range of skin tones. They’re all set to release in June, but won’t likely hit everyone’s phones until August or September. Despite the fact that the redhead emoji won’t be at our fingertips for months, there’s a widespread celebration online. It may not be [Holland’s Redhead Days festival](//www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2017/08/19/for-redheads-only-gingers-head-to-holland-for-their-biggest-festival-in-the-world/#3538be123474), which unites natural born redheads from all corners of the earth, but it is a redhead party. It’s truly a new dawn, and a new day. > [](https://twitter.com/sakins83/status/961415275097837568) > [](https://twitter.com/TwylaBurger/status/961613800108474369) > [](https://twitter.com/ajpostnews/status/961613798393155585) > [](https://twitter.com/matty13/status/961620054797414403) > [](https://twitter.com/EChamberlain24/status/961409768949772288) > [](https://twitter.com/lockofire/status/961402843394555904) > [](https://twitter.com/loulovesripley/status/961454438123786241) > [](https://twitter.com/thelogansmusic/status/961361888759156737) Not everyone was thrilled with the shade. > [](https://twitter.com/ramseychandler/status/961374216661577728) > [](https://twitter.com/yesgirldemi/status/961617847188443136) And in the age of a space car, some people were not about the June 2018 rollout. > [](https://twitter.com/LindsayLogueTV/status/961539252151611392) But most people are pumped that they’re coming. > [](https://twitter.com/alexiszotos/status/961612336237830144) > [](https://twitter.com/ShaneLuder/status/961449160787378176) > [](https://twitter.com/ClaudineMoore/status/961426827519684608) > [](https://twitter.com/kristinhosfelt/status/961425941443444737) > [](https://twitter.com/Jenna%5FClay/status/961573951393681409) > [](https://twitter.com/Rachbythesea/status/961359810057863169) People have until March to suggest new emoji in the following release. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5139480/redhead-emoji-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5139480/redhead-emoji-2018/"},"headline":"Redheads Have the Most Triumphant Reactions to Getting Their Own Emoji","datePublished":"2018-02-08T16:02:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:26.862Z","description":"It's official. 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