Metachromasia (var. metachromasy) is a characteristical change in the color of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain dyes when...

orthochromasia refers to maintaining the position of spectral peaks, while metachromasia refers to a shift in wavelength, becoming either shorter or longer....

reddish when stained with polychrome methylene blue or toluidine blue (metachromasia). Special staining techniques such as Albert's or Neisser's demonstrate...

makes it very suitable for microspectrophotometry. The apparent lack of metachromasia is not because it is truly orthochromatic but because "it is already...

and cartilage are coloured red by the blue dye, a phenomenon called metachromasia. Alkaline solutions of toluidine blue are commonly used for staining...

phenomenon is referred to as the Romanowsky effect, or more generally as metachromasia. Eosin part of the stain is responsible for pink-orange hue of erythrocytes...

whose cytoplasm contains granules with deviating staining behavior (metachromasia). The granules are stored histamine, heparin as well as cytokines such...