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# Multi Prompts

It is possible to have the Midjourney Bot consider two or more separate concepts individually using :: as a separator. Separating prompts allows you to assign relative importance to parts of a prompt.

### Multi-Prompt Basics

Adding a double colon `::` to a prompt indicates to the Midjourney Bot that it should consider each part of the prompt separately. For the prompt `space ship` all words are considered together, and the Midjourney Bot produces images of sci-fi spaceships. If the prompt is separated into two parts, `space:: ship`, both concepts are considered separately, creating a sailing ship traveling through space.

There is no space between the double colons `::`\
Multi-prompts work with Model Versions `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `'5`, `niji`, and `niji 5`\
Any parameters are still added to the very end of the prompt.

#### `space ship`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt space ship](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Space-Ship.jpg)

*space ship* is considered as a single thought.

#### `space:: ship`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt space::1 ship](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Space1_Ship1.jpg)

*space* and *ship* are considered separate thoughts

`cheese cake painting`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt cheese cake painting](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Cheese_Cake_Painting.jpg)

*cheese cake painting* is considered together, producing a painted image of a cheesecake.

`cheese:: cake painting`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt cheese:: cake painting](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Cheese1_Cake_Painting.jpg)

*cheese* is considered separately from *cake painting*, producing images of painted cakes made of cheeses.

`cheese:: cake:: painting`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt cheese:: cake:: painting](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Cheese1_Cake1_Painting1.jpg)

*cheese*, *cake*, and *painting* are considered separately, producing tiered cakes, made of cheeses with common classical painting compositions and elements.

### Prompt Weights

When a double colon `::` is used to separate a prompt into different parts, you can add a number immediately after the double colon to assign the relative importance to that part of the prompt.

In the example below, the prompt `space:: ship` produced a sailing ship traveling through space. Changing the prompt to `space::2 ship` makes the word **space** twice as important as the word ship, producing images of space that have ships as a supporting element.

\[Model Versions] `1`, `2`, `3` only accept whole numbers as weights\
\[Model Versions] `4`, `niji 4`, `niji 5`, `5`, `5.1`, and `5.2` and can accept decimal places for weights\
Non-specified weights default to 1.

#### `space:: ship`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt space::1 ship](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Space1_Ship1.jpg)

*space* and *ship* are considered as separate thoughts

#### `space::2 ship`

![Image of the Midjourney Prompt space ship](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/Midjourney_MultiPrompt_Space2_Ship1.jpg)

*space* is twice as important as *ship*

**Weights are normalized:**\
`space:: ship` is the same as `space::1 ship`, `space:: ship::1`,`space::2 ship::2`, `space::100 ship::100`, etc.\
`cheese::2 cake` is the same as `cheese::4 cake::2`, `cheese::100 cake::50` etc.\
`cheese:: cake:: painting` is the same as `cheese::1 cake::1 painting::1`, `cheese::1 cake:: painting::`, `cheese::2 cake::2 painting::2` etc.

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#### Negative Prompt Weights

Negative weights can be added to prompts to remove unwanted elements.\
The sum of all weights must be a positive number.

`still life gouache painting`

![an image of a still life gouache painting made by midjourney using the prompt still ife grouach painting](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/MJ_NO_StillLife.jpg)

a range of objects appear in the still life

`still life gouache painting --no fruit`

![an image of a still life gouache painting made by midjourney using the prompt still ife grouach painting --no fruit](//cdn.document360.io/3040c2b6-fead-4744-a3a9-d56d621c6c7e/Images/Documentation/MJ_NO_StillLife_NoFruit.jpg)

The still life has fewer fruits

#### The `--no` Parameter

The `--no` parameter is the same as weighing part of a multi prompt to "-.5" `vibrant tulip fields:: red::-.5` is the same as `vibrant tulip fields --no red`.