Black & Grey Tattoo Colour Palette
Professionally structured colour system designed to maintain smooth gradients, balanced contrast, and tattoo-ready realism inside Procreate.
A curated selection of rich blacks and balanced greys designed for smooth shading, controlled contrast, and realistic tattoo compositions.
What’s Included
• 30 professionally curated greyscale swatches
• Full tonal range from deep black to subtle warm and cool greys
• Organised Procreate palette file
• Hex chart included for reference
• Instant digital download
Why This Palette Exists
Black and grey work relies heavily on disciplined tonal transitions to achieve smooth gradients and realistic depth.
This palette is structured to maintain clear separation between highlight, midtone, and shadow values, allowing you to build portraits, illustrative pieces, and fine line work with controlled contrast and consistency.
Designed specifically for realism, blackwork, and shading-focused tattoo styles, it provides a reliable greyscale foundation without guesswork.
Technical Details
• Designed exclusively for Procreate on iPad
• Digital product — no physical item will be shipped
• Instant download after purchase
• Suitable for professional and personal use
Built for artists who value precision, contrast control, and clean tonal structure.
Instant download · Structured colour system · Lifetime access
Built for Controlled Colour & Value Discipline
Professional tattoo design requires controlled colour relationships — not random swatches.
Each palette is structured to maintain harmony, readable contrast, and tattoo-ready balance inside Procreate.
Maintain Colour Harmony
Designed to help you build balanced colour relationships, avoid clashing tones, and maintain visual consistency across large-scale designs.
Control Contrast & Saturation
Structured value progressions allow you to preserve focal points, avoid muddy blends, and maintain readable separation at tattoo scale.
Translate Better to Skin
Calibrated tones reduce over-saturation and help your digital designs stay predictable when applied to real skin.
A professionally structured colour system built for disciplined tattoo design inside Procreate.
• Curated, theme-specific colour system
• Balanced light, mid, and dark value steps
• Controlled saturation levels
• Highlight and focal support tones
• Harmonised undertone relationships
• Organised for fast workflow selection
• Procreate (iPad)
• Apple Pencil workflow
• Professional tattoo design projects
• Sleeve layouts, flash sheets, and large-scale compositions
• Instant digital download
• .swatches / Procreate palette file
• Easy one-tap import
• Lifetime access
• Free future updates (if applicable)
Trusted by Digital Tattoo Artists
“Clean, organised colour sets that fit perfectly into my tattoo workflow.”
“Great balance of tones — makes building cohesive colour schemes much easier.”
“The palettes are thoughtfully curated and save me loads of time when colouring flash.”
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