Table 2. Pearson’s correlation coefficients of untransformed BLUP values for five kernel colorimeter traits evaluated in the Ames maize inbred panel.

	hue	L*	a*	b*	Chroma
hue	1.00	0.75	−0.94	0.54	0.44
L*		1.00	−0.68	0.58	0.52
a*			1.00	−0.28	−0.18
b*				1.00	0.99
Chroma					1.00

All correlations were significant at α = 0.01.