Tattoo ink sits beneath the epidermis ... Yellows, light blues, pinks, and whites tend to fade more rapidly than black, dark blue, or deep red pigments when subjected to ultraviolet exposure.

making the tattoo more susceptible to fading." Say it ain't so. We had high hopes for a peekaboo lip design or trendy cuticle tattoos, but Smith named these among the five areas most likely to fade.