Table 2.
Effects of background color on the L*, a*, and b* values of the dorsal and ventral skin.
| Dorsal Skin | Ventral Skin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L* | a* | b* | L* | a* | b* | |
| Initial | 37.95 ± 1.22 Ae | 5.34 ± 0.20 d | 6.20 ± 0.37 Ad | 52.73 ± 0.50 Bd | 6.10 ± 0.37 c | 9.40 ± 0.46 Bd |
| Blue | 29.10 ± 0.63 Ac | 1.92 ± 0.14 Ab | 3.57 ± 0.18 c | 42.93 ± 2.26 Bc | 3.85 ± 0.50 Bb | 3.78 ± 0.48 c |
| Red | 25.90 ± 0.84 Ab | 0.80 ± 0.09 a | 2.27 ± 0.20 Ab | 37.00 ± 1.66 Bb | 1.13 ± 0.15 a | 3.32 ± 0.30 Bb |
| Black | 22.62 ± 0.46 Aa | 0.70 ± 0.06 Aa | 1.32 ± 0.16 Aa | 31.62 ± 1.33 Ba | 1.63 ± 0.17 Ba | 2.67 ± 0.28 Ba |
| White | 33.45 ± 0.88 Ad | 2.57 ± 0.25 c | 4.23 ± 0.24 c | 51.33 ± 2.23 Bd | 3.72 ± 0.27 b | 4.45 ± 0.11 d |
| Transparent | 26.00 ± 0.85 Ab | 0.85 ± 0.08 Aa | 2.32 ± 0.18 b | 31.60 ± 1.24 Ba | 1.52 ± 0.16 Ba | 2.50 ± 0.23 a |
Note: Values are means ± standard error for ten replicates. Significant differences for means within experimental groups are indicated with different lowercase letter superscripts (p < 0.05, n = 10); Significant differences between means in the dorsal skin and ventral skin groups are indicated with different capital letter superscripts (p < 0.05, n = 10).