Rose tattoos are the most popular tattoo choice around the globe!
A rose has always symbolized passion and love and these meanings transfer onto the tattoos as well.
However, these aren’t the only meanings a rose tattoo can hold! Apart from passion, love, e beleza, it can also mean equilíbrio e proteção, through symmetrical petals and signature thorns!
Apart from these happier meanings, a rose can also commemorate a lost loved one and evoke many memories.
O most popular colors for rose tattoos are:
- Vermelho– symbolizes love, passion, beauty, e força.
- Preto– commonly symbolizes morte e tristeza.
So basically a rose tattoo can hold many meanings and ultimately, you are the one who gives it its true meaning!
Let’s take a look at some of the most unique rose tattoos out there!
Realistic Rose Tattoos
Rose tattoos are commonly associated with love, but also with the Greek goddess Aphrodite!
1. Pink Rose Tattoo
2. Blooming Roses
3. Hand Rose Tattoo
4. Black Rose
5. Realistic Red Rose
6. Shoulder Rose Tattoo
7. Simple Rose
8. Outlined Shoulder Rose Tattoo
9. Dark Red Rose
Small Rose Tattoos
10. Tiny Rose
11. Wrist Rose Tattoo
12. Matching Blooming Roses
13. Small Lined Rose with Flowers
Blue Rose Tattoos
Since this rose is unique in itself for its mesmerizing color, the tattoo symbolizes a desire for uniqueness and it’s a symbol of individuality.
14. Butterfly Rose Tattoo
15. Watercolor Blue Rose
16. Blue Transitioning into Red Rose
17. Blue Hourglass Rose Tattoo
Yellow Rose Tattoo
On the other hand, yellow roses symbolize joy and mature love!
18. Yellow Rose with Yellow Butterfly Behind It
Framed Rose Tattoos
These tattoos may not hold any specific meaning, but you can always give them one! For example, a framed rose might signify the perseverance of beauty!
19. Realistic Framed Red Roses
20. Vintage Frame
21. Double Framed
22. Hyper Realistic Framed Rose
23. Framed Roses with Fruit
Lined Rose Tattoos
24. One Line Rose
25. One Line Roses with Face
26. One Line Framed Roses
27. Simple Lined Rose
28. One Line Rose Bird Tattoo
Fire Rose Tattoos
Burning roses can represent many things, depending on the person. It may address purity and innocence, but it can also represent virtue!
29. Smoke Rose
30. Slow-Burn Rose
31. Fire Rose Tattoo
32. Smoking Rose
Skull Rose Tattoos
Skull Rose tattoos represent two opposites, they symbolize life and death, life through the blooming rose and death through the cold skull.
33. Skull in Rose Tattoo
34. Freehand Skull Rose Tattoo
35. Golden Skull Rose Tattoo
Geometric Rose Tattoos
These tattoos may not hold any specific meaning, but they are a beautiful union between geometric and natural shapes.
36. Geometric Shapes around Rose
37. Circles around Rose
38. Geometric Shaped Rose
39. Simple Geometric Rose
40. Geometric Shapes around Rose and Butterfly
Spider Rose Tattoos
Spider Rose tattoos represent the meticulous crafting of one’s life path.
41. Spider-Web Rose
42. Spider Rose
43. Web behind Rose
44. Rose and Spider
Black Rose Tattoos
45. Blacked Out Rose with Spider
46. Simple Blacked Out Rose
47. Traditional Black Rose
48. Melting Black Rose
Mask Rose Tattoos
The Drama Masks represent Tragedy and Comedy, which are a part of life, and roses in many cases can represent life, along with love and beauty.
49. Drama Masks in Rose
50. Rose inside Mask
Sword/Dagger Rose Tattoos
These two elements also represent opposites in a way. A rose is gentle and beautiful, while a sword or dagger is sharp and dangerous.
Together they may symbolize heartbreak or a hope for true love, after all, opposites attract!
51. Roses around Sword
52. Rose on Dagger
53. Rose in front of Dagger
Snake Rose Tattoos
Much like the sword and rose tattoos, the snake and rose tattoo represent the coexistence of beauty and danger.
The snake holds wisdom and calmness, but it is also dangerous, while the rose is beautiful, gentle, and harmless, without its thorns that is!
54. Snake and Rose Tattoo
55. Snake Slithering around Rose
56. Small Snake and Rose Tattoo
57. Snake Slithering up Rose
Heart Rose Tattoos
These are two symbols that fully represent love, beauty, and resilience!
58. Lined Roses Growing out of Heart
59. Realistic Roses Growing out of Heart
Rose with a Face Tattoos
60. Half Rose Half Human
61. Cartoon Face on Rose
Hand-Held Rose Tattoos
62. Hand Holding Thorny Rose
63. Skeleton Hand Holding Bow and Rose as Arrow
Statue Surrounded by Roses Tattoo
64. Sliced Statue with Roses
Rose and Scorpion Tattoos
Unlike the snake, the scorpion and rose tattoo represent a dangerous love. A scorpion is dynamic and dangerous, but it’s also a symbol of passionate love!
Combined with a rose, it means intense, deadly love, which might end up in flames!
65. Scorpion and Rose Tattoo
66. Matching Rose and Scorpion on Each Hand
Moon and Rose Tattoos
In this case, the moon and its phases might symbolize eternity while the rose symbolizes the cycle of life!
67. Moon above Rose
68. Moon Phases on Rose Tattoo
Traditional Rose Tattoos
69. Traditional Colorless Rose Tattoo
70. Traditional Colored Rose
71. Shaded Rose Tattoo
Angel Number Rose Tattoo
All Angel numbers have specific meanings, but 111 specifically represents new beginnings and a positive outlook on life.
72. Angel Number 111 under Rose and Crown
Detailed Rose Tattoos
73. Detailed Roses with Dots
74. Black Watercolor Rose
75. Detailed Roses with Flowers Shaped Like a Bird
76. Rose Tattoo with Graffiti
77. Detailed Sleeve Rose Tattoo
Sliced Rose Tattoo
78. Cartoon Sliced Rose
Watercolor Rose Tattoo
79. Cute Watercolor Rose
Shaded Rose Tattoo
80. Black Shaded Rose
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