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Tattoo Inks Are An Unknown Quantity Written by: Dexter Alto | Distributed: 2009-08-13 | - Word Count: 1050 | Viewed: 1032 | Votes: 12 | Rating: 2.67 Tattoo ink manufacturers are not required by law to list their ingredients. Many tattoo artists mix their own formulas and consider their mixtures "trade secrets". These tattoo inks are actually pigments suspended in a variety of carrier solutions. Some are made from ABS plastic for the vibrancy of the colors, some are vegetable dyes, but the vast majority are made from metal salts. The main concern with the pigments is what is in them besides the carrier solutions and the dyes.