Tattoos with hibiscus flowers once upon a time were popular only in the Hawaiian Islands, but with time, the image of this beautiful plant has been encountered in the motives of tattoos all over the world.

Because Hawaiian flower differs of beauty, sophistication, brightness and saturation of colors, its pattern is more common on the skin of women and girls. But such tattoos applied not only to women, because there are many men who choose this tattoo to decorate their body.

The only difference is that men choose that flowers in combination with tribal motifs and tend to stick to these colors like black, blue, brown and green.

This tattoo gained its popularity due to the universality, form, and color. Flower, being simple in appearance provides many opportunities for design. The flower can be combined in a tattoo with Celtic braids, turtles, sharks.

It may contain both exclusively the hibiscus flowers, and use them as additional details when placing inscriptions, portraits, tropical paintings, combined with other flowers and plants. Hibiscus is most common in Hawaiian and Chinese tattoos with floral motifs.

History of Hawaiian Tattoos

Hawaiian tattoos have an ancient history and combine traditional designs, which are based on the natural images of flowers, fish, rocks, animals, rain, and others.

Tattoos deposited for various ceremonies or for the image of religious devotion, as well as the mascot for the protection of the person, and initially were used only black ink.

Basic Meanings Tattoos With Hibiscus

• In Korea – a symbol of immortality.
• In Malaysia – represents the courage, honor, and life.
• In the Chinese culture – virginity, softness, prosperity, and fame.
• Hibiscus is of great importance in Hawaii, as is a government flower.

There are people who are doing themselves a tattoo as a token of respect for the Hawaiian heritage. Many people combine tattoos hibiscus along with a colorful name of their partner that will symbolize devotion and fidelity.

• At the same time, hibiscus can symbolize first love.
• Another notation tattoo hibiscus – fragility, exotics, gentleness, charm, refinement, hospitality and all-consuming love.
  Many of the values of such a tattoo depend on the color of the flower. Genuine hibiscus flowers are shades of red, yellow, orange, pink and white. However, you can meet in the tattoo blue, purple and even green flowers.
• Red hibiscus – love, passion, desire.
• Yellow hibiscus – friendship and chat.
• Purple hibiscus – richness.
• Blue hibiscus – fertility, calm.
• Pink hibiscus – a rare beauty.
• White hibiscus – enlightenment.

Main place of drawing: back, side, chest, hip, shoulder, leg calf, sleeves.