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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Prosthet Dent. 2007 Sep;98(3):175–185. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3913(07)60053-5

Table II.

Means (standard deviations) of CIE L*, a*, and b* values for Chromoscop shade guide

Shade L* a* b*
110 82.5 (1.0) 0.1 (0.1) 18.3 (0.3)
120 80.2 (1.8) 0.7 (0.1) 19.7 (0.6)
130 78.2 (0.8) 0.1 (0.1) 20.2 (0.5)
140 78.9 (1.1) 1.6 (0.2) 23.7 (0.5)
210 77.4 (1.5) 1.8 (0.1) 25.6 (0.8)
220 76.4 (2.5) 3.4 (0.0) 23.4 (0.7)
230 74.7 (1.8) 3.7 (0.2) 25.6 (0.9)
240 73.8 (0.6) 5.6 (0.1) 28.2 (0.5)
310 73.6 (1.0) 1.2 (0.1) 28.1 (0.7)
320 71.4 (1.6) 2.7 (0.1) 28.2 (0.8)
330 71.5 (1.4) 3.4 (0.1) 31.1 (0.5)
340 68.3 (2.0) 4.9 (0.2) 28.9 (0.8)
410 73.5 (1.2) 2.2 (0.2) 20.2 (0.7)
420 72.1 (0.9) 1.7 (0.1) 20.5 (0.3)
430 72.2 (0.9) 0.6 (0.1) 20.8 (0.7)
440 69.1 (1.0) 0.9 (0.1) 21.1 (0.3)
510 69.9 (1.5) 1.9 (0.1) 22.5 (0.6)
520 67.6 (1.0) 2.7 (0.2) 24.7 (0.9)
530 67.2 (0.2) 3.4 (0.1) 26.8 (1.0)
540 64.0 (1.2) 7.6 (0.1) 26.2 (0.6)