Move over red roses, a black rose is the new hot ink to get!

What makes this throw in of tattoo so popular its obvious beauty and subtle elegance.

In ancient Rome and Greece, this same importance was attached to black roses, accordingVenuset Fleur.

Black rose tattoo on forearm

“He taught me most things that make me who I am today,” Casey toldNPRin 2013.

“He was a big union guy in Boston.

It’s in a visible place for me, and I look down and I see it a lot.

Black rose tattoo on shoulder

The black rose tattoo can also connote revenge, portrayed in several old movies.

Sailors would often get black rose tattoos before leaving home if they were uncertain of their return.

What can exemplify hope and courage better than that?

All black rose tattoo

People get them tattooed regardless as a way of saying they wish that black roses actually existed.

Black rose tatted on arm

black rose tattoo