Acid and basic fuchsin are used in the Gordon and Sweets stain.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only acid fuchsin
• D. Only basic fuchsin

Answer: (B)

Gordon and Sweets stain is a silver impregnation method used to visualize reticular fibers in tissue sections. It deposits metallic silver onto the delicate reticular network, producing a dark reticular framework against a lighter background, often with a contrasting counterstain. Acid fuchsin and basic fuchsin are not part of this procedure; those dyes are used in other trichrome-type stains to color different tissue components. Because the Gordon and Sweets method relies on silver impregnation rather than fuchsin dyes, the statement is not correct.