. 2019 Mar 19;56(4):2267–2277. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-03714-9

Table 2.

Color attributes of sugar fed honey

Samples^a	Color attributes
Samples^a	L*	a*	b*	Hue angle (H)	Chroma (C*)
Honey-1	27.91 ± 1.54^a	1.86 ± 0.05^c	11.77 ± 0.88^a	80.93 ± 0.81^a	11.92 ± 0.87^a
Honey-2	29.62 ± 2.59^a	3.01 ± 0.04^a	10.97 ± 0.28^a	74.65 ± 0.23^c	11.37 ± 0.28^a
Honey-3	29.44 ± 0.33^a	2.50 ± 0.02^b	10.64 ± 0.58^a	76.72 ± 0.79^bc	10.93 ± 0.56^a
Honey-4	32.15 ± 1.57^a	2.60 ± 0.08^b	11.04 ± 0.76^a	76.64 ± 1.03^bc	11.34 ± 0.73^a
Honey-5	28.28 ± 0.64^a	2.42 ± 0.14^b	11.57 ± 0.63^a	77.71 ± 0.35^b	11.82 ± 0.63^a

All values are mean ± SEM of three replicates

Means followed by different lowercase letters in each column are significantly different among honey samples (P < 0.05)

L^* = lightness; a^* = red (+)/green (–); b^* = yellow (+)/blue (–); ∆E = Color Change; h = Hue angle; C = Chroma

^aSugar fed: Honey-1 (white sugar: water = 2:1), honey-2 (white sugar: water = 1.5:1), honey-3 (white sugar: water = 1:1), honey-4 (brown sugar: water = 2:1) and honey-5 (without sugar)