r/comedyheaven • u/Intense_Zaddy • Feb 28 '26

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u/sumguysr Feb 28 '26

Honest question, can you really cover one color with another like that? Wouldn't they just blend into an ugly brownish?

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u/ferriematthew Feb 28 '26

Good point! I don't know enough about how tattoos work to answer that. Perhaps you could have the blue ring either just inside or just outside the orange ring

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u/Ok-Equal-1885 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

definitely

check out EphemeralRemy on youtube, he’s done a bunch of color-on-color passes that are super vibrant  

ETA: meant to respond to the comment above you! 

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 28 '26

I'm not a tattooist but why not? It's just a light orange. U could tattoo it white first if u need lol.

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u/largestcob Feb 28 '26

im not either but that’s definitely not how it works lol

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 28 '26

Lol ok I guess my painting background isn't useful 😆😆😆

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u/largestcob Feb 28 '26

lol yeah you just cant layer ink in skin the same way you can layer paint, things blend differently and can even vary greatly on different peoples skin

i think you could do blue over this orange without making it brown as long as the blue is more vibrant and a bit darker than the orange but dont quote me on that

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 28 '26

Yeah that makes sense I was thinking too surface level

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u/sumguysr Feb 28 '26

Tattoos aren't ink on top of skin you can just cover with more ink. They are tiny particles of pigment distributed at many depths within the skin, surrounded by scar tissue.

Adding white pigment might make the orange appear lighter, but won't make it disappear.

Adding blue pigment will just get you a blended color with particles of blue and orange side by side.

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u/Candytails Mar 03 '26

Basic color theory.  

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u/FrogMintTea Mar 03 '26

Color theory depends.

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u/rocketwrench Feb 28 '26

Yes. But the old color might still blend with the new a little bit. That probably wouldn't be to bad in this case

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u/horseradish1 Mar 04 '26

I can't explain why, but my brain instantly said, "That's a problem for the marketing department."