How to Pick the Right Ink Color | Tattoos

Learn how to pick the right ink color for tattoo designs from the experts at Area 51 in this Howcast tattoo video.


Let's talk tattoos. Ink color selection is something that should be done prior to the tattoo application. Make your artist aware of your desires for ink colors because he might not agree with you. Yes, it's your tattoo, and yes, you may decide on what colors you want, but you also got to remember, a tattoo artist is trained in color theory, understands how complementary colors work with each other, how background colors work with the initial image. So, sit down, talk with your artist about ink colors.

A veteran artist is trained on the approaches of each aspect of art, whether it's color, shading, lighting, shadowing, all of these things that you might not have personally thought of, he thinks of every single day of his life. So sit down with him, really talk about the colors. Listen to what he has to say. You can probably still use a lot of the colors you want, but he's going to offer ideas that are really going to help the design flow together better, as a more complete tattoo, as a more complete work of art.

[seankendig]

I been tattooing for 20 years...I mix the colors of what they want...even on darker skin a lot of others don't know how to pack in inks colors in darker skin ..but I do ...so I think you remake this video..

[roldea]

i cant wait until im old enough to get a tattoo

[CheeryJadeRox]

Haha did anyone notice in the picture the people r aiming their gun at the dude. :P srry just something I noticed.

[pongo]

@CheeryJadeRox Oh my god. Really? I didnt notice that at all! Do you think its a coincidence that he decided to sit in that spot? Wow, and those people look really strange too, like yellow and all. Do you think that is on purpose or just a bad artist?

[CheeryJadeRox]

@pongo1111
Lol i really don't know.
The art probably means something, like symbolizes something.
But probably i really don't know. :P

[pongo]

@CheeryJadeRox
I was being sarcastic... Obviously the man in the video chose that spot on purpose. Also, the "people" in the photo are characters from sesame street that have been dressed up and disguised as characters from Pulp Fiction.

[CheeryJadeRox]

@pongo1111
Well ok then.
Good to know.

[GothUnionxoxo]

Dude, its common sense, i thought of the coloring after i drew mine, lol. If you see a dumb tattoo, well just point it out, but then again thats just mean, anyway, the reason why i comment this i just do what you love an have a really great pation (Pastion?) on the tattoo, cause its there for life, don't want to waste money on tattoo laser removal.

[sharksrock]

i dont even want one :\ why am i watching this?!