Wicked Ink;52326 wrote:
Thats really not how it works. I can say with nearly one hundred percent certainty you will be unhappy if you use whites, yellows, oranges, or most colors for that matter. Its not like painting, or any other medium. Your skin is dark. that dark skin will heal over ANY color you put in, hence making that color dull or nearly non existent depending on skin tone. Obviously I don’t know your exact skin tone say i can’t say for sure which colors MIGHT work. Its like coloring a picture in color and then laying a tinted piece of glass over it. Any color underneath the dark skin will be affected. Whites, pastels, yellows, any light color will be affected even greater and be drowned out by your skin tone. I hope this helps, and i know one would think that lighter coors would work better on a darker back drop but thats truly not the case. The fairer the skin the brighter the colors will show through the skin, the darker the skin tone, the less the colors will show through. Hope this helps!
Actually, Wicked Ink, with all due, that is how it works sometimes. I’ve done plenty of dark skin in my 15 + years and can say with certainty that, provided that her skin is the type to discolor white or pastels rather than reject them (which many do!), she CAN use the end result to her advantage. As you confirmed, it all comes down to her skin tone. There’s a rule of thumb in the art world – tattooing included — that there is no “bad” result.. just something different than expected. Light colors never work as you would expect them to unless you’re used to using their discoloration. After all, it’s still color. Think of it as a strangely colored color pencil – You CAN figure out how to make it look good, right? With ink, as with paint, it’s all in how you put the final result to use. Ultimately, the key would be for her to do a small patch test. BTW – In my first post I mistakenly wrote that white ink would get lighter but meant to write “darker”. My bad!
