Several years ago we purchased colored paraffin from Polysciences.  We got 
both pink and amethyst (purple).  They had other colors.  The colors were 
great for small biopsies.  However, if we used colored cassettes (green, 
yellow, lavender, blue) the paraffin darkened and we could hardly see the 
tissue.  So it's a double edge sword.  If we used white cassettes all the 
time, the colored paraffin would be great.
Cheryl

Cheryl Crowder, BA, HTL(ASCP)
Chief Technologist
Anatomic Pathology
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70803

225-578-9734
FAX:  225-578-9720
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