Movat's stain is a pentachrome stain originally developed by Henry Zoltan Movat in 1955 to highlight the various constituents of connective tissue, especially cardiovascular tissue, by five colors in a single stained slide. In 1972, H. K. Russell, Jr. modified the technique so as to reduce the time for staining and to increase the consistency and reliability of the staining.
| Colour | Tissue type |
|---|---|
| Black | Nuclei; elastic fibres |
| Yellow | Collagen fibres; reticular fibres |
| Blue | Ground substance; mucin |
| Bright red | Fibrin |
| Red | Muscle |
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