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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 III.

Means (standard deviations) of CIE L*, a*, and b* values for Vitapan 3D Master shade guide

Shade L* a* b*
1M1 83.1 (0.9) −0.1 (0.3) 12.5 (0.4)
1M2 84.0 (0.8) − 0.2 (0.5) 18.8 (0.9)
2L1.5 79.0 (1.0) 0.0 (0.2) 18.5 (0.2)
2L2.5 79.5 (0.8) 0.2 (0.2) 24.5 (0.7)
2M1 78.0 (0.6) 0.8 (0.3) 14.0 (0.6)
2M2 78.7 (0.6) 0.9 (0.4) 19.9 (0.5)
2M3 79.2 (0.8) 0.7 (0.2) 25.3 (0.4)
2R1.5 77.8 (1.0) 1.5 (0.2) 16.3 (0.7)
2R2.5 79.5 (1.1) 1.7 (0.3) 23.3 (0.6)
3L1.5 73.1 (0.9) 1.5 (0.2) 20.3 (0.4)
3L2.5 73.9 (1.1) 1.9 (0.2) 26.2 (0.8)
3M1 73.4 (0.6) 1.8 (0.3) 15.4 (0.5)
3M2 74.6 (1.0) 2.0 (0.4) 21.5 (0.8)
3M3 75.0 (1.4) 2.6 (0.2) 27.9 (0.8)
3R1.5 73.4 (1.1) 2.7 (0.3) 17.9 (0.6)
3R2.5 73.6 (1.0) 3.5 (0.3) 25.9 (0.7)
4L1.5 69.2 (0.8) 2.8 (0.3) 21.7 (0.3)
4L2.5 69.1 (0.8) 3.7 (0.4) 28.5 (0.7)
4M1 68.3 (0.9) 2.9 (0.2) 17.0 (0.5)
4M2 70.1 (1.4) 3.7 (0.4) 23.7 (0.6)
4M3 69.5 (0.7) 4.8 (0.3) 30.7 (0.4)
4R1.5 69.6 (0.6) 4.3 (0.2) 20.8 (0.3)
4R2.5 69.2 (1.1) 5.1 (0.2) 26.3 (0.4)
5M1 64.4 (0.6) 4.2 (0.2) 19.4 (0.5)
5M2 65.1 (1.0) 5.7 (0.2) 26.3 (0.8)
5M3 65.9 (0.5) 7.0 (0.4) 33.4 (1.3)