| Nomenclature | Definition |
| F1 | Dyed citrus blossom |
| F2 | Safflower |
| F3 | Mixed stamen and dyed straw |
| F4 | Fiber |
| G1 | Microwave-dried saffron |
| G2 | Freeze-dried saffron and: |
| G3 | Hot-air-dried saffron |
| RGB | Red, green, and blue color components, respectively |
| HSI | Hue, saturation, and intensity color components, respectively |
| L*a*b* | Luminance, the red-green axis, and the blue-yellow axis color components, respectively |
| RBF | Radial Basis Function |
| MLP | Multilayer Perceptron |
| KNN | K-nearest neighbor |
| SVM | Support vector machine |
| SOM | Self-organized map |
| LVQ | Learning vector quantization |