# RFE: dark/light mode options for custom emoji

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-dark-light-mode-options-for-custom-emoji/207558>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-dark-light-mode-options-for-custom-emoji/207558 "2021-10-29T16:27:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdm/32/216484_2.png) [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-dark-light-mode-options-for-custom-emoji/207558/13 "2022-05-06T20:05:25Z")

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I believe that if you define a custom emoji with the same name as a standard one, that overrides \[1\]. So going with my original RFE, if the _custom_ emoji feature would allow two options with automatic switching, people who really care could replace 🖤 and so on.

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1. at least in the the emoji picker or with `:whatever:`, not unicode entered directly

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