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Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 2 Colorimetric data of cotton fabrics

From: Preparation and properties of cotton fabrics dyed by Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) extract and chitosan

Fabric sample

L*

a*

b*

DE*ab

RUI

Untreated

91.12

− 0.05

1.94

–

–

Dyed with AE alone

66.46

10.49

14.22

29.50

0.09

Dyed with AE–chitosan mixture

68.54

9.61

13.56

27.17

0.58

Dyed with AE after chitosan pretreatment

57.03

11.73

15.60

38.57

0.13

  1. Total color difference (DE*ab) = [(DL)2 + (Da)2 + (Db)2]1/2
  2. AE Aronia berries extract, RUI Relative unlevelness index
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