Ink (effect)

Female Inkling using Splat Roller to cover the floor of Figure-8 Circuit with orange ink.

Ink is an attack effect introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is a primarily used to make all fighters, some assist trophies and the floor look like they are covered in ink after coming in contact with moves that use the effect. The effect uses nine colors depending on what character is being used. Each of Inkling's alternate costumes has a different color (in order of orange, blue, yellow, green, pink, cyan, purple or indigo). After using Inhale, Kirby will use the color ordered after the Inkling opponent. The same is true for Ditto. Master Hand uses an exclusive aqua blue color for the Ink Blob attack. The color will change to pink if the cyan Inkling is fighting Master Hand in World of Light. Fighters and assist trophies will progressively get more ink on them if they are quickly hit with several attacks that use the effect. The effect is purely aesthetic and will eventually disappear if no ink is used for a while, though it is often used in conjunction with the status effect of the same name as its visual indicator.

The effect is based on ink's functionality in Splatoon, which hinders the opposition's movement while traversing on enemy ink as well as causing damage to them (something that does not happen in Ultimate while the opponent is covered in ink).

List of attacks that use the ink effect

By characters

Character	Move	Color
Inkling	Neutral infinite	Orange Blue Yellow Green Pink Cyan Purple Indigo
	Forward smash
	Up smash
	Down smash
	Forward throw
	Floor attack (front)
	Floor attack (back)
	Floor attack (trip)
	Splattershot
	Splat Roller
	Super Jump
	Splat Bomb
	Killer Wail
Kirby (Copy Ability)	Splattershot

By items

Item	Move	Color
Poké Ball Pokémon	Ditto: Transform (if the summoner is Inkling or if the summoner is Kirby and Ditto then copies the ability from an Inkling)	Orange Blue Yellow Green Pink Cyan Purple Indigo

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Move	Color
Master Hand	Ink blobs	Aqua Pink

Gallery

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  Female inkling covering Ryu in orange ink.

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  Male Inkling using cyan ink on Luigi at Luigi's Mansion.

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  Male and female Inkling on Moray Towers using blue and orange ink respectively.

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  Female Inkling getting Screen KO'd on Moray Towers covered in pink ink.