Stain (disambiguation)

A stain is an unwanted localized discoloration, often in fabrics or textiles.

Stain(s) or The Stain(s) may also refer to:

Color

• Stain (heraldry), a non-standard tincture
• Staining, in biology, a technique used to highlight contrast in samples
• Wood stain, a type of paint used to color wood

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Stains (Los Angeles band), a hardcore punk band formed in 1976
• The Stains (Maine), an early-1980s punk band
• MDC (band), originally The Stains, an Austin, Texas, punk band formed in 1979
• Stain (album), by Living Colour, 1993
• Stain (EP), by Mystery Machine, 1992
• "Stain", a song by Nirvana from Blew, 1989
• "Stains", a song by Future from the Superfly film soundtrack, 2018
• "Stained", a song by Linkin Park from From Zero, 2024

Other media

• Stain (film), a 2021 Ugandan drama film
• The Stain (film), a 1914 American silent drama film
• The Stain (novel), a 1984 novel by Rikki Ducornet
• Stain (My Hero Academia), a character in the manga series My Hero Academia
• S.T.A.I.N, a fictional crime organization in the video game Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
• The Stains, a fictional band in the 1981 film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Places

• Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with stain
• All pages with titles containing stain
• Bloodstain (disambiguation)
• Staines-upon-Thames, a town in Surrey, England
• Staind, an American rock band