I've got several tattoos with white in them. Years later ... the white is still white. Extremely so, at least on my bracelet, and that one is over 5 years old. The large design on my hip is almost 11 years old now, had white in it, and still does. What one artist told me about the white is that the skin tone has a lot to do with how white looks and takes. I think what bothers me more about "Poser" tats is that most of the ones I've seen are Black Black Black. They all look like the body has been oiled up to get the skin more translucent over the ink before posing, and while white may fade, so does black. Generally, it's more of a deep deep charcoal after healing.