In 1963, an insurance company hired Ball to create some kind of image to boost morale — something to put on a button. Ball took all of 10 minutes to draw the yellow smiley face, and the State ...

Harry Styles, 25, loves a gender-bending beauty moment. In a Tweet promoting his upcoming new album, Fine Line, the star debuted bright-yellow, smiley face nails that immediately sent fans wild.

Most notably, my childhood home had a big yellow smiley face on the outside, which always stuck with me." He continued, "The smiley is that feel-good icon that anyone can wear and represent.” ...

The face, measuring approximately 300 feet in diameter, was well thought-out. The eyes and mouth were planted with Douglas fir, while the much lighter “yellow-ish” color of the “face” was ...

His creation, a smiling yellow face, bore a striking resemblance to Ball’s smiley. Unlike Ball, Loufrani recognized the marketing potential of the symbol and promptly secured a French trademark.