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

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

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