Hey @J33, 
Thanks for bringing this back up and adding the screenshot — we appreciate it!
We do have a known bug related to colored emojis not displaying properly (often showing black/white or missing entirely), and it’s frequently tied to font handling on Linux (and sometimes macOS too). The thread you linked is exactly about this issue:
https://community.onlyoffice.com/t/bug-can-t-use-emoji-on-mac-os/1578
To help us confirm whether it’s the same problem on your setup (CachyOS), could you please attach a small test file (.docx ) where the emojis look wrong? Just a few lines with different colored emojis will do — that way we can open it exactly as you see it and compare.
Upload it directly here or via ONLYOFFICE DocSpace/kDrive and share the link. Thanks in advance! 