Table 2.

Analysis of variance and means comparison for colorimetry-related traits of greenness (a*), yellowness (b*), lightness (L*), Chroma and Hue angle of ‘Saxa’ and ‘Vertus’ microgreens grown under Low VPD (LV) and High VPD (HV) at the two light intensities (150 and 300 µmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹).

	a*	b*	L*	Chroma	Hue
Species
Saxa (S)	-13.3 ± 1.24a	20.68 ± 2.34a	36.6 ± 5.07a	24.6 ± 2.53a	123± 1.85
Vertus (V)	-11.7 ± 0.86b	18.25 ± 1.73b	34.5 ± 3.55b	21.7 ± 1.83b	123 ± 1.67
VPD
Low (LV)	-12.3 ± 1.37	18.97 ± 2.46b	35.4 ± 4.76	22.7 ± 2.75	123 ± 1.56a
High (HV)	-12.4 ± 1.24	19.73 ± 2.12a	35.3 ± 3.89	23.4 ± 2.34	122 ± 1.87b
Light
300 PPFD	-12.5 ± 1.43	20.15 ± 2.01a	36.2 ± 4.36a	23.7 ± 2.21a	122 ± 1.62b
150 PPFD	-12.3 ± 1.14	19.30 ± 2.35b	34.7 ± 4.33b	22.4 ± 2.73b	123 ± 1.53a
Interaction
S LV 300	-13.5 ± 0.14	20.9 ± 0.35	38.7 ± 0.56	24.9 ± 0.36	123 ± 0.29ab
S LV 150	-13.2 ± 0.27	20.2 ± 0.47	35.0 ± 1.09	24.2 ± 0.53	123 ± 0.26ab
S HV 300	-13.1 ± 0.13	21.5 ± 0.29	37.8 ± 0.69	25.2 ± 0.29	121 ± 0.27d
S HV 150	-13.5 ± 0.22	20.1 ± 0.37	35.1 ± 0.71	24.3 ± 0.41	124 ± 0.26a
V LV 300	-11.8 ± 0.14	18.9 ± 0.25	34.3 ± 0.74	22.3 ± 0.28	122 ± 0.20cd
V LV 150	-11.6 ± 0.16	17.4 ± 0.26	34.7 ± 0.57	20.9 ± 0.30	124 ± 0.19a
V HV 300	-11.7 ± 0.13	19.4 ± 0.23	34.3 ± 0.55	22.6 ± 0.25	121 ± 0.22d
V HV 150	-11.6 ± 0.12	18.1 ± 0.27	34.3 ± 0.45	21.5 ± 0.27	123 ± 0.28bc
Significance
Species	***	***	***	***	NS
VPD	NS	*	NS	NS	***
Light	NS	***	**	***	***
SxVxL	NS	NS	NS	NS	***

NS, *, **, *** stands for non-significant or significant at p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01, p ≤ 0.001. Different letters correspond to significant differences according to Tukey test.