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Finish your registration nowCertain tissue structures stain with a different shade than that of the dye. This method is used to visualize mast cells, amyloid deposits, fibrioidal degeneration and other changes. Dyes with metachromatic properties are for example Congo red, toluidine blue, methyl violet.