Aesthetic valuation of tropical wood colour by colorimetry

Colorimetric measurements using CIEL * a * b * system are often carried out for the aesthetic evaluation on wooden surfaces. This study aims to characterize the colour of heartwood of twenty one tropical wood species by the CIE-L * a * b * colour system – lightness (L* ), redness (+a* ), yellowness (+b* ), chromaticity (C* ) and hue angle (h° ). Colour coordinate a* shoved a negative correlation against L* , while colour coordinate b* shoved a positive trend against L* , however both with a relatively small significance. No significance was found between the chromaticity C* and the lightness L* . Only for the hue angle h°was observed a more significant positive correlation against the lightness L*.

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).