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Movat's pentachrome stain
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x
![Elastic fibers <p>This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C.B.St-10-1-ping.png)
Elastic fibers
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x
![Collagen fibers <p>This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C.B.St-10-2-ping.png)
Collagen fibers
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x
![Ground substance <p>This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C.B.St-10-3-ping.png)
Ground substance
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x
![Cytoplasm <p>This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C.B.St-10-4-ping.png)
Cytoplasm
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x
![Melanin pigment <p>This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C.B.St-10-5-ping.png)
Melanin pigment
This complex stain utilizes five dyes to reveal the different components of tissue. With this stain, elastic fibers stain black; collagen and reticular fibers stain yellow; tissue ground substance stains blue; and cytoplasm stains red. This section of skin demonstrates this dramatic staining pattern. 200x