1. Ink Equipment Permanence Medical issues Removal
Tattoos Ink
Ink
Equipment
Permanence
Medical issues
Removal

2. Ink & Carrier Tattoo ink is composed of two components: the carrier
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)

3. 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

4. Color White Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple
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

5. 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.

6. Bibliography
Asaff, Beth. "Glow-in-the-Dark Tattoo Ink." LoveToKnow. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Aug <
Asaff, Beth. "Tattoo Dyes and Pigments." LoveToKnow. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Aug <
Ascundergrad. "The Chemistry of Tattoo Ink." Reactions: The Acs Undergrad Blog. N.p., 11 July Web. 24 Aug <
Churchwell, Megan. "Nontoxic Tattoo Ink Ingredients." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM, 22 Jan Web. 24 Aug <
Helmenstine, Ph.D. Anne Marie. "Tattoo Ink and Pigment Chemistry." About.com Chemistry. About.com, n.d. Web. 24 Aug <
Minerva. "UV Ink Tattoos: Good or No Good? | Tattoodo.com." Tattoodo. N.p., 28 Jan Web. 24 Aug <
Neel. "Different Facts About Tattoo Ink: 12 Facts." The Tattoo Editor. N.p., 20 Oct Web. 24 Aug <
"Types of Pigment." Product Range. Alliance Organics, n.d. Web. 24 Aug <
Welch, Lenny. "New UV Tattoos | Medical News and Health Information." New UV Tattoos. N.p., 24 Aug Web. 24 Aug

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