Table 1.

Colorimetric parameters of bell peppers ^a.

Bell Pepper	Days	L*	a *	b*	C b	h c
Gp	0	33.70 ± 0.03	−8.58 ± 0.12	16.9 3± 0.02	18.98 ± 0.12	116.87 ± 0.10
	5	33.60 ± 0.02	−7.78 ± 0.08	14.40 ± 0.01	16.37 ± 0.18	118.38 ± 0.07
	10	39.38 ± 0.03	−8.94 ± 0.04	18.65 ± 0.04	20.68 ± 0.03	115.59 ± 0.06
	14	33.83 ± 0.05	−7.81 ± 0.12	15.26 ± 0.08	17.15 ± 0.05	117.09 ± 0.02
	17	34.58 ± 0.04	−7.49 ± 0.05	14.95 ± 0.11	16.72 ± 0.02	116.63 ± 0.08
Rp	0	38.79 ± 0.02	31.37 ± 0.03	27.81 ± 0.03	41.92 ± 0.01	41.56 ± 0.01
	5	38.99 ± 0.08	33.73 ± 0.08	26.35 ± 0.06	42.80 ± 0.04	37.99 ± 0.02
	10	41.32 ± 0.07	30.02 ± 0.16	26.40 ± 0.04	39.98 ± 0.06	41.32 ± 0.06
	14	39.70 ± 0.08	30.89 ± 0.09	26.15 ± 0.13	40.48 ± 0.12	40.25 ± 0.04
	17	37.61 ± 0.04	28.79 ± 0.08	25.36 ± 0.11	38.37 ± 0.07	41.37 ± 0.03
Yp	0	61.39 ± 0.08	4.98 ± 0.09	49.98 ± 0.06	50.22 ± 0.15	84.31 ± 0.02
	5	54.51 ± 0.06	−0.09 ± 0.17	40.64 ± 0.07	40.64 ± 0.08	90.12 ± 0.06
	10	55.79 ± 0.03	−0.09 ± 0.12	46.47 ± 0.08	46.47 ± 0.04	90.10 ± 0.01
	14	52.47 ± 0.05	−0.21 ± 0.09	43.46 ± 0.04	43.46 ± 0.03	90.27 ± 0.04
	17	57.24 ± 0.07	−0.46 ± 0.04	41.82 ± 0.02	41.82 ± 0.02	90.62 ± 0.07

^a Data are expressed as the mean ± SD, n = 3; GP = Green Pepper; RP = Red Pepper; YP = Yellow Pepper; L* = lightness value; C^b = Chroma value; h^c = hue angle expressed in degree.