Table 1.

Colorization of different tissue components under different stains specific to the histology technique

Stains Components	Van Gieson	Masson’s Tri-Chrome	Hematoxilyn and Eosin (H&E)
nuclei	Blue	Black	Blue
collagen	Bright red	Blue	/
cytoplasm	Yellow	Red	Pink to red
muscle	Yellow	Red	/
fibrin	Yellow	Bright red	/
red blood cells	Yellow	/	/
keratin	/	Red	/