Screaming Face, Face Screaming In Fear, In Fear, Screaming
This is a screaming face because of fear. It has a pair of big white eyes, a big mouth like the letter "O", and its hands are in the position of gills, which makes it look extremely frightened. The design of this facial expression can't help but remind people of edvard munch's iconic painting Scream.
Most platform emojis depict a yellow or orange face, and some add a pale blue forehead, reflecting gloomy mood. The Mozilla platform depicts a blue face; Au by KDDI and Docomo platforms depict purple faces.
This emoji is intended to represent terror and fear, and usually conveys feelings of shock, awe, doubt and intense excitement.
