Black and Dark Blue Inks: Leading the pack regarding removability, black and dark blue pigments absorb all laser wavelengths effectively, making them the most susceptible to the laser removal process. These colours break down more readily than others, allowing for a smoother and often quicker removal experience.
Black ink is the easiest color to remove because it absorbs every wavelength of laser. It typically takes between five and 10 sessions to get rid of the inked tattoo. It's a bit easier to remove older tattoos, since ink does degrade with age.
Ink color: As we've discussed, darker inks like black are easier to remove, while colors like green and yellow are more stubborn. Ink density: Professional tattoos with thick, even ink take longer to break down than amateur ones.
Specifically, lighter colors like white, yellow, light blue, and pink are the most difficult to remove, as are green, red, and neon colors. White ink (and light colors that were made by combining darker ink with white ink) sometimes turns darker before it begins to fade.
All of the lighter and brighter colours such as pink, yellow, light green/blue etc Will always fade faster than the darker colours, as well as the black and grey ink.
Yellows and Greens with Cadmium
Yellows and bright greens often contain cadmium, which can cause skin irritation and has been associated with other health risks. They also tend to fade or change color over time when exposed to sunlight.
We know that you'll likely use black ink far more often than the other three colors out of the gate. You already know that you'll replace that cartridge more often, so it can help have a backup available of black ink.
Black and Dark Blue Inks: Leading the pack regarding removability, black and dark blue pigments absorb all laser wavelengths effectively, making them the most susceptible to the laser removal process. These colours break down more readily than others, allowing for a smoother and often quicker removal experience.
These include things like metallic ink, light greens, light blues, and permanent makeup.
Black ink lasts the longest and is least likely to blur, making it the best choice of ink color for long-lasting tattoos. Black ink is so reliable it is usually used to help hold in color molecules.
Tattoo ink, no matter the color, feels the same going into the skin. If you use one style of needle and try every color, you won't feel a difference. How much ink needs to be deposited for certain colors makes the difference. Darker ink doesn't need as much color packing.
Laser tattoo removal is the most effective technique for removing tattoo ink compared to other methods, because it can safely remove all tattoo types and color pigments with little to no scarring.
Pigmented ink process assures that notations, writings and label identification markings do not fade or discolor with time. Black ink is non-reactive to UV light, water or temperature & humidity variations.
The most commonly used neutralizing color is a deep orange to cancel out the blue and blue-green shades of common tattoo inks. For tattoos with dark black ink, you should use a deep red neutralizer.
Black ink is able to absorb a wide spectrum of laser light wavelengths making it the easiest color to remove. In contrast, colored ink is only able to absorb a relatively small laser wavelength, limiting the efficacy of each treatment. By far the most common way to remove tattoos is by using lasers.
Tattoo Ink
Black tattoos are the easiest to remove because the laser is able to target the black pigment more precisely. Other colors such as red, blues and greens can become more difficult to remove depending whether the tattoos were amateur or professional. Green is the hardest color to remove followed by light blue.
The color of the ink affects how easy it is to remove a tattoo. We take into account the color of your tattoo to provide you with realistic goals. Typically, black, green, and blue are the easiest tattoo pigments to remove. On the other hand, whites, reds, yellows, and oranges are more difficult.
The primary pigments under restriction are Pigment Blue 15 and Green 7. The ban took place in January 2023 following an additional one-year derogation period granted for these two pigments.
Lighter inks like yellows, reds, oranges, whites, and any pastel tones tend to fade a bit more quickly than darker inks. Some white inks and pastel inks have trouble lasting longer than five years. Watercolor tattoos also tend to fade faster as the ink is lightly colored and very fine.
Red ink is also difficult to remove with laser tattoo removal, even more so on darker skin tones due to the required wavelength. Other methods, such as Tatt2Away, are “colorblind” meaning they can remove any color ink from any skin tone. Read more about how different color inks impact the ease of removal!
Indelibility: Black gel ink, in particular, is often designed to be indelible, meaning it cannot be erased or altered without leaving clear evidence of tampering.
Dual point disappearing ink marking pen by Madeira. Mark your fabric and watch the ink start to disappear in 48 to 72 hours, or easily remove it with water. Useful for temporary marking, drawing designs, embroidering, and memo writing.
According to the same study by UBC, the color blue enhances cognitive performance when doing creative tasks like brainstorming. However, the study found that red ink is much more beneficial when doing detail oriented tasks.