“The purple heart emoji usually reflects a less romantically-charged alternative … the blue serves a similar purpose but can also imply a feeling of sadness, or feeling ‘blue’.” The ...

We are all familiar with the heart emoji, which comes in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, and white. There are also several other styles of heart emoji, all of which give ...

The red heart has fallen out of my most-used emoji reactions, replaced further down the list by a purple one, which feels less intimate. More than anything, though, I’ve largely abandoned the ...