Emoji 0.7
paintbrush
Also known as painting
A wooden paintbrush with a metal ferrule and colored paint on its bristles.
Meaning
The paintbrush emoji represents art, creativity, and painting. People use it when talking about drawing, design, hobbies, or artistic projects.
Unicode name
The paintbrush emoji is a tool for applying paint, symbolizing painting and artistic activity.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple's design shows a wooden handle with a silver ferrule and a brush tip with red paint, angled diagonally.
Google
Google Noto design features a brown handle, gray ferrule, and blue paint on the bristles, with a mostly upright brush.
Twitter
Twitter Twemoji design shows a wooden handle, silver band, and green paint on the brush tip, tilted slightly.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does 🖌️ paintbrush belong to?
🖌️ paintbrush belongs to the objects category, which contains 268 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🖌️ paintbrush?
🖌️ paintbrush was added in Emoji 0.7. Its codepoint is U+1F58C, made up of 1 code points.