There are many more synthetic dyes than natural dyes. They are classified into several groups based on their chemical structure. Here are just a few of the more commonly used artificial dyes utilized in the histology lab:
- Fast green
- Picric acid
- Orange G
- Oil red O
- Eosin Y
- Light green SF
- Basic fuchsin
- Acid fuchsin
- Crystal violet
- Aniline blue
- Toluidine blue
- Methylene blue
- Alcian blue
- Luxol fast blue
