Table 1.

Experimental CIELab color parameters (L*, a* and b*), total color difference (∆E*) for composite and control capsules.

Parameter	Composite Capsule	Control Capsule
L*	71.38 ± 1.93 a	87.73 ± 0.88 b
a*	−1.80 ± 0.02 c	−1.97 ± 0.08 c
b*	13.07 ± 0.53 d	13.36 ± 0.43 d
ΔE*	25.45 ± 1.79 e	12.25 ± 0.87 f

All data are the mean of measurements (n = 3) ± standard deviation. Different letters in the same row and column for each color parameters indicate a statistical difference (p < 0.05) between samples with the presence and absence of mucilage.