35 Greatest Works Of Reverse Graffiti

Reverse graffiti, aka clean tagging, dust tagging or grime writing, is a method of removing dirt from a surface while creating graffiti on walls or other surfaces. It is usually done by removing dirt/dust with the fingertip(s) from windows or other dirty surfaces.


Reverse graffiti can be created by using many different methods, the most well known would be words or simple drawing written into the dirt of cars that have not been kept clean. A more advanced and difficult method is done by cleaning the graffiti onto dirt in the street, this dirt is difficult to clean off and the graffiti is often created by scrubbing, aided with the help of a detergent.

Here are 35 examples of reverse graffiti.

(thanks Chris)