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. 2015 Oct 9;5:14638. doi: 10.1038/srep14638

Table 2. Total change in colour (∆E), chroma (∆C), lightness (∆L*), green-red coordinate (Δa*), and blue-yellow coordinate (Δb*) for composite samples stained in various solutions and compared to baseline samples.

  ∆E ∆C ∆L* ∆a* ∆b*
Tea 4.31 4.02 1.56 0.00 −4.02
Coffee 6.61 6.29 2.03 0.42 −6.28
Red wine 6.22 3.92 4.83 −0.86 −3.82
Coca-Cola 1.29 1.29 0.00 0.48 −1.19
Colgate 0.89 0.82 0.02 0.46 −0.68
Water 0.82 0.70 0.43 0.54 −0.44