Rose Tattoos

Rose tattoos are most famous tattoo designs of all the flower tattoo designs. These are traditionally preferred by most of the people. They have a intriguing history and symbolism. They are universally trendy tats for men and women both to modify the look of their body and express certain ideas of beauty.

The only other flower that could ever hope to compare to the rose tattoo design would be the lotus flower. The Rose in the West represents what the Lotus does in the East. A symbol of love, but especially of a love that is pure. Navy Sailors and other world travelers would often get them to honor a wife or a girlfriend that they had left back home. Rose tattoos were considered to be the one image suitable for a woman to tattoo her body with.

Rose tattoos come in variety of styles and shapes. They can be drawn as a single rose flower or in a group of flower, with stem or without stem, or with or without vines. It may me depends on what the person wearing it chooses to express and where on the body they decide to place the tattoo.

There is also a different rose tattoo style available a tattoo of a rose with prominent thorns. The thorns with rose indicates that the rose protects itself, reminds us that beauty does not come without sacrifice and that caution must be exercised, lest the prick of the thorn draw blood. Love is not without risk. Ecstasy does not come without it's share of agony.

Rose tattoos can also differ in both their look and symbolism based on their color. The meaning of different colors of roses is as follows:

• A red rose indicates love, beauty, courage or respect, romance and passion.
• Blue roses mean impossibility.
• Black roses are the traditional representative of death.
• A golden rose is a sign of absolute achievement.
• Dark red roses symbolize unconscious beauty.
• Lavender stands for enchantment.
• Coral roses represent desire.
• Pink roses indicate friendship, appreciation, thanks, grace, happiness and gentleness.
• Light pink roses symbolizes sympathy and sweetness.
• Yellow roses stand for joy, gladness, Welcome back, Remember me, jealousy or I'm sorry!
• White rose tattoo symbolize communicate purity, innocence, silence, secrecy, reverence, humility, youthfulness or charm.

Rose tattoo is designed with thorns for your upper arm or with a vine for your lower back; with barbed wire for your shoulder, chest or backside, whether it graces your hip or breast. Of all the flower tattoo designs, the rose is still the most popular and the most requested. Interestingly, the rose is nearly as popular with men as it is with women.

Here you can find the collection of rose tattoo designs and pictures.

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