🤘 sign of the horns Skin Tones — All 5 Variants
The sign of the horns is rock and roll in one hand: the metal salute that Ronnie James Dio popularized on stage and that crowds have returned ever since. It is also the “hook ’em horns” sign of Texas Longhorns sports. The hand carries the whole meaning, so all five skin-tone modifiers apply.
The five variants
🤘🏻sign of the horns: light skin toneU+1F918 U+1F3FB🤘🏼sign of the horns: medium-light skin toneU+1F918 U+1F3FC🤘🏽sign of the horns: medium skin toneU+1F918 U+1F3FD🤘🏾sign of the horns: medium-dark skin toneU+1F918 U+1F3FE🤘🏿sign of the horns: dark skin toneU+1F918 U+1F3FF
Every variant copies exactly like the base character: tap a card and the sequence is on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. Skin-tone modifiers (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) were added to the standard in Unicode 8.0 (2015). sign of the horns itself was added in Emoji E1.0 (2015).
Usage and context
It lives at concerts, in rock and metal threads and in playful “rock on” messages. A modified version makes the horns yours; the yellow default is the generic salute. It pairs with guitar and music emoji and appears constantly in fan posts and set-list reactions.
Regional caveat: in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Brazil the horns gesture is the traditional “cornuto” — a sign implying cuckoldry, also used to ward off the evil eye. The emoji reads as rock music in most online contexts, but the cultural reading is different in those countries.
Skin tones for other emoji
waving hand · folded hands · raising hands · thumbs up · thumbs down · flexed biceps · nail polish · raised back of hand · hand with fingers splayed · raised hand · vulcan salute · ok hand · pinched fingers · victory hand · crossed fingers · love you gesture · call me hand · backhand index pointing right · backhand index pointing up · middle finger · index pointing up · raised fist · oncoming fist · clapping hands · palms up together · handshake