Table 4.

Chromatic coordinates and surface colour of fresh and dehydrated brown seaweed D. antarctica

Temperature (°C)	L*	a*	b*	∆E	h*	C*
Control	21.52 ± 0.06a	0.23 ± 0.03a	1.50 ± 0.11a	–	1.42 ± 0.03a	1.52 ± 0.11a
40	54.33 ± 0.05b	2.26 ± 0.04b	28.04 ± 0.07b	42.25 ± 0.13a	1.49 ± 0.00b	28.13 ± 0.07b
50	56.35 ± 0.15c	− 1.41 ± 0.06c	19.69 ± 0.05c	39.33 ± 0.18b	− 1.50 ± 0.00c	19.74 ± 0.05c
60	58.59 ± 0.44d	− 1.31 ± 0.03d	20.25 ± 0.36d	41.57 ± 0.59c	− 1.51 ± 0.00c	20.30 ± 0.36d
70	60.13 ± 0.29e	− 0.52 ± 0.02e	22.90 ± 0.21e	44.15 ± 0.40d	− 1.55 ± 0.00d	22.91 ± 0.21e
80	61.32 ± 0.21f	− 0.33 ± 0.02f	20.99 ± 0.22f	44.32 ± 0.34d	− 1.56 ± 0.00d	20.99 ± 0.22f

Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) for each parameter