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I have never desired to look different than I do except for when I see someone with pale skin covered in colorful tattoos. For decades I believed that color tattoos on skin as brown as mine were impossible. I believed this because I was told this by tattoo artists. I was told that color tattoos wouldn’t show up or that my skin color would make them look “muddy.” And I believed it because they were professionals and I trusted that they knew more about tattooing than I did.