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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Forensic Nurs. 2010 Fall;6(3):144–150. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2010.01070.x

Table 1.

L*, a*, and b* definitions

Definition
L* Measurement of lightness/darkness; ranges from 0 (black) to 100 (white)
a* Measurement of redness/greenness; no specific numeric limits; positive value (red), negative value (green)
b* Measurement of yellowness/blueness; no specific numeric limits; positive value (yellow), negative value (blue)