Too bad this thread immediately became so hostile... I thought the OP's question was legit.
I was wondering about this just last night watching the Sonics/Jazz game, as many of the black players, light and dark skinned, had shoulder and arm tattoos... some of them quite large.
I know many people with tattoos with white or pastel colors, some with dark skin, some quite pale. I've not heard of them complaining about those colors fading any faster than dark colors. Some of them have very artistic tattoos, where the white coloring is not just "highlights", but the featured color. They actually look awesome on dark skin as well as white on white, and show well.
Mainly my thinking about it was about the fading problem, as well as, if the players are thought of, by management and fans, as being rebels, still, for having their tattoos visible, as it is so much a common thing, publicly, these days.
My friends with light colored tattoos on their dark skin did so on purpose... to better show off a chosen image... why is it a problem to ask about it?
Onan