Empire Ink Greywash - Empire Ink Greywash

Empire Ink Grey Wash Series

Empire Ink Grey Wash is black pigment in clear carrier, no white. You get transparent shadow grey that heals cool with a slight blue cast. Empire Inks was originally developed by Colt Brown, a black-and-grey portrait artist who needed pre-mixed graywash that stayed consistent batch to batch. Four stages ship ready to use. No diluting from a single black, no colour-matching between sessions.

Pre-Mixed Graywash in Four Stages

Each Empire tattoo ink Canada set Graywash stage is a separately formulated ink bottle, not a dilution. Xtra Light, Light, Medium, Dark, weighed and blended in a sterile Wisconsin facility using EU-certified pigment dispensers. You set your depth at the start of the session and it stays there. Same viscosity across all four stages. Same flow. Professional artists use this for portraits, realism, illustrative shading, anywhere you need the smoothest gray tones possible without stopping to mix.

Cool Tones That Heal Clean

Empire Inks heals beautifully in cool grey. The transparent formula sits under the skin like a wash but reads solid once healed. No muddiness, no unexpected warmth. If you're producing black-and-grey work where the value scale matters, this is the premixed gray wash that doesn't shift tone between fresh and healed photos.

Empire Inks Whitewash and Blackwash

Empire also makes Whitewash, graywash with a small amount of white added for semi-opaque milky greys. Goes in like a wash, heals like soft opaque grey. Blackwash is the newest series — higher pigment load, zero white, graduated dark palette for blackwork shading and dark realism. Same 4-stage structure. All three wash systems work together or stand alone.

Single Blacks and Titanium White

Empire Inks carries four single blacks named after traditional fine-art pigments. Classic Black is the all-purpose cool black. Vine Black is warm, thin, transparent, lining or can be diluted to graywash on the fly. Mars Black is thick and opaque for packing large areas with mags. Ivory Black is Empire's darkest single black for solid saturation. Titanium White is undiluted TiO₂, twice the pigment, no water added. Use it to build your own whitewash or lighten any Empire ink.

Why Tattooers Trust Empire Inks

Empire Inks heals beautifully because the formulas are built for reproducibility, not hype. Every ink set ships from the same Neenah facility where Colt Brown and Team Empire test on skin, not just on paper. The graywash series launched in 2012 and hasn't changed, same carrier, same pigment ratios, same cool-healing result. Artists who dial in their setup with Empire know the next bottle will match the last one.

Tattoo Supplies Built for Black-and-Grey Work

Eikon stocks all three Empire wash systems, all 12 individual stages, and the complete blacks-and-white range. Same-day shipping across Canada. No cross-border delays, no surprise duties. Order a 4-stage ink set or individual 2 oz and 4 oz bottles. Pair the Empire ink white wash set with cartridge needles, machines, and other tattoo ink lines in your cart. We ship what you need when you need it, supplies shouldn't be the part of the job you worry about.

Shop Empire Ink Grey Wash and get pre-mixed graywash that heals the way it looks in the cap. Order today from Eikon, Canada's tattoo supply store for everything from ink to tattoo pen needles.