Q&A for How to Make a Fake Bruise

Bruises start out as black or purple. Then they transition to green, and then yellow. From yellow, they slowly transition back to a peachy color. If you're going for an older-looking bruise, something peachy or yellow is going to be your best bet.

There are a few ways you can do it, but it usually involves a combination of red, brown, and green pigments. You can throw in a little maroon or burgundy sheer if you'd like.

Just use the techniques shown here to accentuate it. Color it in darker and color around it to make it look bigger.

Because sometimes you have to have proof that something hurt, but it might not have hurt you enough to make a mark. You may just be doing it as some sort of joke too.

Try to hide it with clothes, or fake it only at the time when other people need to see it.

Use no-smudge materials and try to be extra careful. Also, it being smudged adds more to the effect.

People find different things humorous. Just because you don't find it funny, doesn't mean it is inherently not funny.

It it's bothering you enough to see a doctor, there's no need to try and make a fake bruise. A trained medical professional will easily be able to tell the difference. Simply tell the doctor what sort of pain you're in. If you don't have an injury, you don't need to see a doctor. Taking up the time of medical professionals with fake injuries is irresponsible.

A real bruise would change over three days, usually by fading. You would need to reapply your bruise to fake it for three days.

You probably shouldn't say that your dog caused it. Some people may find this alarming, and your dog might get in trouble. Blending the colours and not having hard lines helps. Also, using the right colors is very important.

If you want to have a fake bruise, you can just make one. You don't have to have a story about how you got it. It's pretty common for people to find real bruises and not know how they got them. You could say you got bruised slipping, for example; it depends where you put your bruise how you claim to have sustained it.

Washing your skin with warm water and soap should remove maker pen, pencil lead, make up or face paint. Marker pen will be the hardest to remove; if soap and water don't work, try eye makeup remover.

Find out where she keeps it, and use it when she's not there.

Wearing make up for a practical reason is different from wearing it for vanity, so ask again for permission from whoever it is that won't let you wear it. If you are still not given permission, use face paints instead.

A very large bruise isn't very likely to look realistic, but follow the instruction in the article. Bruises are usually darker in the center and get paler toward the edge; on a large scale, doing this realistically could be tricky. Remember, too, bruises don't come up straight away. If you want to make a large fake bruise, people will be more curious about how you got it, you'll need a good story to explain a large injury - and it'll have to something that no one saw happen.

It should last until you shower next, if you aren't sweating a lot. Maybe 3-4 days.

Having an existing bruise on your skin does not prevent you creating a fake bruise following any of these methods, and would add realism to it. If your old yellow bruise is still tender, however, applying your fake bruise might be uncomfortable.