Colored circle emoji have no official meanings, but people use them in very consistent ways, mostly borrowed from traffic lights and app status icons.
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🟢 🟡 🔴
Meaning of each color
| Emoji | Common meanings |
|---|---|
| 🔴 | Live, recording, busy, urgent, stop, error |
| 🟠 | Warning, in progress, medium priority |
| 🟡 | Away, pending, caution, waiting |
| 🟢 | Online, available, done, approved, go |
| 🔵 | Info, neutral, note, link |
| 🟣 | Special, premium, creative, VIP |
| 🟤 | Earthy, coffee, other / misc |
| ⚫ | Offline, closed, inactive |
| ⚪ | Empty, not started, unchecked |
Status lists
Team status
🟢 Available 🟡 In a meeting 🔴 Do not disturb ⚪ Offline
Project status
🟢 Design — done 🟠 Development — in progress 🔴 Testing — blocked
Progress bars
Fill colored dots from the left to show progress. Use our progress bar maker to make one at any percentage.
70% progress
🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢⚪⚪⚪ 70%
Newer colors may not show everywhere
🟠 🟡 🟢 🟣 🟤 were added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Very old phones may show an empty box instead. 🔴 🔵 ⚫ ⚪ are much older and work almost everywhere.
Questions
What does 🔴 mean in a post?
Usually 'live now' or something important or urgent.
What does 🟢 mean next to a name?
Usually that the person is online or available, copying the green status light in chat apps.
Can I change the color of ●?
Not in plain text. ● takes the color of the text around it. For a fixed color, use the emoji versions.