Rose Tattoo Designs

Rose tattoo designs are the most popular of all the flower tattoo designs. They also have the strongest and most well-known symbolism and and interesting history. And very few other flwer tattoo designs could compete with the beauty of a rose tattoo design, except perhaps the lotus flower.

Despite the popularity of rose tattoo designs and their universally recognised image, it is easy to have a rose tattoo design created and altered to be unique for you.

There is such an incredible variety of rose tattoo designs available and you can incorporate them as an element of a wider design if you like - you can combine a rose with a fairy, a butterfly, a heart, a skull or anything you like, to powerful effect.

Rose tattoo designs come in such an incredible variety of designs and even colors that you won't have trouble finding something unique.

Roses can be worn on any part of the body. The are particularly popular on the ankle among women, or onthe arms and above the breast. Both men and women commonly wear rose tattoo designs. They are most recognised as a symbol for romantic love, and a rose tattoo design makes a strong statement of how passionate the character of the wearer is.

An Image Loved Through History

Througout history in many countries roses have been flowers revered by all types of cultures and religions. For example, in middle ages in Western Europe roses were grown and cared for in monastries. Roses are often used as symbols for all sorts of organisations, sects, secret societies and religions.

A rose tattoo design with 8 petals can represent regeneration. A rose tattoo design without thorns represents love at first sight. The thorns on a rose tattoo design reflect masculinity, and these roses are more commonly worn by men. The leaves on rose tattoo designs symbolize hope. And if the rose tattoo design is a rose bud, the bud symbolises purity and loveliness.

The colors of rose tattoo designs have significance too, white roses signify girlhood. Dark red roses represent unconscious beauty. Lavender rose tattoo designs symbolise enchantment. Coral-colored rose tattoo designs represent desire, and blue roses symbolise impossibility.

The myriad meanings and rich place roses have in history make rose tattoo designs an excellent choice for a tattoo. The best way to find the ideal one for yourself is to search as many online galleries of tattoo designs as you can and  select the rose tattoo designs that grab you the most. Then print these off and take them to a good tattoo parlour to ask for their opinion on what you can do with these images.