Pappenheim stain is a combination of May-Grünwald and Giemsa stains. They are the stains generally used for blood smears.
Structures | Colour |
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Nuclei | reddish-violet |
Neutrophilic granules | bluish-pink to brownish |
Eosinophilic granules | brick-red to brown-orange |
Basophilic granules | dark blue-violet |
Lymphocytic cytoplasm | light blue |
Monocytic cytoplasm | light blue |
Erythrocytes | pink |
Thrombocytes | blue with red-violet internal bodies |
The May-Grünwald stain contains the dyes eosin and methylene blue.
The Giemsa stain contains the dyes eosin, methylene blue, methylene azure and methylene violet.