Table 1.

Pearson's correlation coefficient between CIE L* (lightness), a* (redness), and b* (yellowness) values obtained from beef longissimus thoracis muscle (n = 200) using the HunterLab Miniscan (HunterLab; three scans) and Nix Color Sensor (Nix) colorimeters scanning series (3, 5, 7, or 9 technical replicates)

	HunterLab (3 scans)
	L*a	P-value	a*b	P-value	b*c	P-value
Nix 3	0.80	< 0.0001	0.85	< 0.0001	0.83	< 0.0001
Nix 5	0.81	< 0.0001	0.82	< 0.0001	0.79	< 0.0001
Nix 7	0.79	< 0.0001	0.84	< 0.0001	0.82	< 0.0001
Nix 9	0.79	< 0.0001	0.82	< 0.0001	0.80	< 0.0001

^aL* (lightness; 0 = black and 100 = white)

^ba* (redness; – 60 = green and 60 = red)

^cb* (yellowness; – 60 blue and 60 = yellow)