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Ink & Carrier• Tattoo ink is composed of two

components: 1. the carrier 2. the pigment (ascundergrad)

• The job of the carrier is to keep the pigment evenly mixed, not clumping, and free from pathogens.

• The most common carriers are:– Glycerin (used in soaps &

dynamite, made from alcohol, – Water– isopropyl alcohol– witch hazel (plant oil)

Ink & Pigment • Manufacturers of tattoo

pigments are not required to reveal the contents of their pigments

• Pigments are made from a variety of different sources, including:– minerals mined from

underground– industrial organic pigments or

plastic based are chemically synthesized, contain carbon, and produced from petroleum products

– vegetable-based pigments made from plant extracts

Color Common composition

White Titanium dioxide (sunscreen), lead carbonate, barium sulfate, or zinc oxide

Black iron oxides (rust), carbon (soot), or logwood (extracted from a tree in Central America)

Brown Ochre - Iron oxides (rust) mixed with clay

Red Cinnabar (made from mercury sulphide – a toxic metal), cadmium (a toxic metal), iron oxide (rust), or napthol (made from petroleum products)

Orange cadmium seleno-sulfide, disazodiarylide, or disazopyrazolone

Yellow cadmium, ochres, curcuma (derived from the turmeric plant)

Green chromium oxide , malachite , lead chromate, potassium ferrocyanide (yellow or red) and purple blue ferric ferrocyanide (Prussian Blue) blend

Blue from minerals that include copper carbonate (azurite), sodium aluminum silicate (lapis lazuli), calcium copper silicate (Egyptian Blue), other cobalt aluminum oxides and chromium oxides

Purple manganese and aluminum

UV Pigments• light up when exposed to UV

light (also known as blacklight)

• are invisible, though may appear slightly raised or red on the skin

• UV inks are made from fluorescent ink and should not contain phosphors

• an UV ink-filled shell injected into the dermis.

• The shells are about five times larger than human red blood cells.

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