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[M. Demetrius]

Lindow Man

Various bog bodies have tattoos, and Utzi the Ice Man was tattooed, so it's not a rare practice. Copper ores have a green or blue-green color. Copper in contact with skin will make a long-lasting greenish stain on the skin.

And vitrium (the glass color) is very like copper ore stain's color. Does that prove the "Celts" used copper dye for tattoos or body paint? No. But it at least opens the possibility. Somehow, some time, people began to believe that woad was used for tattoo ink, which it wasn't, according to those who have tried it. Bad ink. Skin infections. Lotsa pain. Good fabric dye, bad body paint.