Table 2.
Color strength (K/S) and CIE lab color parameters of printed fabrics.
| Printed Sample | K/S λmax = 370 nm |
L* | a* | b* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCPT | Cotton | 12.60 | 58.81 | 17.68 | 50.77 |
| Polyester | 9.90 | 68.33 | 16.10 | 51.19 | |
| CO/PET | 10.17 | 66.71 | 16.40 | 52.22 | |
| MCPT (2 min sonication) | Cotton | 13.13 | 61.17 | 12.19 | 54.68 |
| Polyester | 10.81 | 65.83 | 13.11 | 50.24 | |
| CO/PET | 11.37 | 64.86 | 12.16 | 53.21 | |
| MCPT in 1% WPUA | Cotton | 14.37 | 57.12 | 14.47 | 50.05 |
| Polyester | 12.05 | 62.04 | 14.29 | 51.95 | |
| CO/PET | 10.73 | 67.68 | 12.57 | 56.23 | |
| MCPT in 1% WPUA (2 min ultra-sonication) | Cotton | 15.56 | 54.91 | 9.25 | 43.25 |
| Polyester | 9.62 | 65.25 | 10.47 | 46.06 | |
| CO/PET | 12.17 | 64.23 | 10.30 | 50.94 | |