Methyl Violet 10B powder dye is intended for routine staining according to Gram, for staining bacterial components and for staining amyloids. It is often used for polychromatic section staining in epoxy resins, for viability neuron staining in cell culture, and for meiotic structures analysis.

Application

The main use of methyl violet is to dye textiles purple and give deep violet and blue colors in paints and printing ink. Methyl violet 2B (simply called methyl violet) is used in chemistry as a pH indicator. Methyl violets are mixtures of tetramethyl, pentamethyl and hexamethyl pararosanilins.