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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2009 Apr 15;25(8):1030–1038. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2009.03.004

Table 3.

Color coordinates.

Groups Storage
conditions
Baseline Week 1 Week 2 Week 4

L* a* b* L* a* b* L* a* b* L* a* b*
3CO Room, wet 87.29 −3.82 15.96 87.11 −3.87 16.97 86.75 −3.98 18.61 86.49 −3.82 19.26
60 C, wet 87.17 −3.85 16.06 87.05 −4.24 21.59 87.17 −4.17 20.99 86.93 −4.24 21.34
Room, dry 87.17 −3.97 16.50 86.70 −4.23 18.34 86.63 −4.27 18.83 86.31 −4.31 19.22
60 C, dry 87.17 −3.94 16.48 86.19 −4.61 24.21 86.56 −4.64 23.33 86.68 −4.74 23.51
3CA Room, wet 84.30 −1.06 27.86 82.99 0.78 32.49 83.75 0.66 31.81 84.28 0.20 32.23
60 C, wet 84.09 −1.01 27.97 84.39 −1.73 31.72 84.62 −1.75 30.94 84.66 −1.91 29.92
Room, dry 84.10 −0.94 28.11 82.29 0.26 33.38 82.03 0.48 34.71 81.74 0.59 35.21
60 C, dry 84.17 −0.99 27.88 83.61 −0.93 36.37 84.12 −2.14 34.90 83.79 −2.41 35.55
3COA Room, wet 86.89 −3.37 16.60 86.12 −3.41 19.75 86.09 −3.28 19.79 86.66 −2.91 18.24
60 C, wet 86.77 −3.96 18.39 86.96 −4.05 23.99 86.65 −3.64 23.86 86.31 −3.45 24.62
Room, dry 86.83 −3.74 17.56 85.88 −3.75 21.21 85.48 −3.80 22.18 85.16 −3.58 22.65
60 C, dry 86.94 −3.95 18.31 86.88 −4.96 25.44 86.51 −4.6 25.96 86.40 −4.85 26.37
1CA Room, wet 87.03 −1.75 13.67 86.33 −0.22 15.14 86.52 0.02 14.80 86.72 0.02 14.58
60 C, wet 87.07 −1.75 13.61 87.33 −1.78 15.75 86.97 −1.68 15.66 86.91 −1.60 15.45
Room, dry 87.09 −1.76 13.58 85.84 −0.72 15.93 85.61 −0.66 16.28 85.51 −0.62 16.77
60 C, dry 87.12 −1.71 13.47 87.08 −2.69 16.61 87.16 −2.66 16.03 87.23 −2.65 15.60
1COA Room, wet 88.11 −1.97 9.81 87.88 −1.53 10.55 87.84 −1.24 10.41 87.81 −1.00 10.37
60 C, wet 88.11 −2.13 10.08 87.77 −1.42 12.59 87.44 −1.37 12.76 87.42 −1.36 12.92
Room, dry 88.05 −2.12 10.34 87.47 −2.05 11.61 87.17 −2.00 11.74 87.12 −1.94 11.83

60 C, dry 88.10 −2.13 10.23 87.77 −1.82 11.97 87.66 −2.03 12.41 87.68 −2.06 12.44