Mixing Your Unique Colors With Three Tattoo Inks

Are you getting tired of following the fixed color of the tattoo design? Want something different? How about mix the luscious, vibrant colors by yourself? Before mixing the colors, make sure that the things you need are all on you hand.

Things you will need
· Brush
· Gloves
· Palettes (Disposable paper ones will be ok.)
· Spray bottle
· Tattoo inks (Blue, Yellow, and red are necessary. Grey, white, black are option colors.)
· Watercolour Paper
· Cups of water
· Tattoo ink pigment mixer

1. Making bright colors
Tips: By mixing bright colors together to make bright color.
· Orange : Mix yellow with red
· Green: Mix blue and yellow.
· Lime Green: Mix yellow with a bit of green.
· Teal Green: Add a bit of green or yellow with blue .
· Violet-Blue: Mix red with blue.
· Purple: Mix red with a bit of blue, or violet.

2. Making light colors
Tips: By adding white lighten colors.
· Pink: Mix a bit of red with white.
· Coral: Mix red and white.
· Aqua: Mix a bit of teal green with white.
· Peach: Mix a bit of orange with white.
· Off-white: Ecru, mix a bit of yellow with white.
· Mint Green: Mix a bit of green with white.
· Lavender: Mix a bit of violet with white.
· Orchid : Mix a bit of purple with white.
· Light Blue: Mix a bit of blue with white.

3.Making dark colors (shades)
Tips: By adding the opposite color on the color wheel or black.
· Dark Red: Mix a bit of black with red.
· Dark Green: Mix a bit of black with green.
· Olive Green: Mix a bit of black with yellow.
· Dark Turquoise: Mix a bit of red to blue.
· Brown (dark orange): Mix a bit of black or blue with orange. Or mix green and red.
· Dark Violet-Blue: Mix a bit of black or yellow to violet-blue.
· Dark Blue: Mix a bit of black or orange with blue.
· Dark Purple: Mix a bit of black or lime green with purple.

4.Making grayish, or muted colors
Tips: Adding both black and white or the opposite color.
· Muted Red: Mix both black and white with red.
· Light Brown : Add both black (or blue) and white to orange.
· Light Olive: Mix both white and black (or violet-blue) to yellow.
· Gray-Green: Add both white and black (or magenta) to green.
· Gray-Blue: Mix both white and black (or orange) with blue.
· Grayish Violet-Blue: Add both white and black (or yellow) to violet-blue.
· Muted Purple: Add both white and black (or lime green) to purple.

5.White, Black, and Gray
· White: White can't be mixing together from other colors. You need to buy it.
· Black: You will have black by mixing yellow, red and blue. But it will lighter than the true black, so if you want the true black, you have to buy it.
· Gray: Gray is white and black mixed together.

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