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Table 2 Mean differences of lightness (∆L’), chroma (∆C’), hue (∆H’) and color (∆E00) along the cleaning processes for the white (wh), ochre (oc) and brown (br) tesserae according to the standard CIEDE2000

From: Colorimetry to assess the visual impact of dust deposition on mosaics at sheltered archaeological sites

Tesserae

(n)

\(\overline{\text{L}^{\prime}}\)

\(\overline{\text{C}^{\prime}}\)

\(\overline{\text{H}^{\prime}}\)

\(\overline{{\text{E}}_{00}}\)

White (wh)

1 (m1-m0)

2.52

- 3.21

− 1.99

4.63

2 (m2-m0)

5.16

- 6.93

− 1.63

7.63

Ochre (oc)

1 (m1-m0)

− 2.81

3.24

− 6.63

7.57

2 (m2-m0)

− 5.29

7.67

− 9.91

11.70

Brown (br)

1 (m1-m0)

− 3.51

1.81

− 9.61

11.66

2 (m2-m0)

− 5.08

1.50

− 13.48

15.03

  1. (n): Combinations for the calculation of ∆ depending on the cleaning stage. LumiCam® color uniformity =  ± 0.001 (average of 10 × 10 pixels)