The Schiff test is an early organic chemistry named reaction developed by Hugo Schiff,[1] and is a relatively general chemical test for detection of many organic aldehydes that has also found use in the staining of biological tissues.[2] The Schiff reagent is the reaction product of a dye formulation such as fuchsin and sodium bisulfite; pararosaniline (which lacks an aromatic methyl group) and new fuchsin (which is uniformly mono-methylated ortho to the dye's amine functionalities) are not dye alternatives with comparable detection chemistry.