Ottoman palace weavings between different periods: material characterization, comparison and suggestions for conservation

Heritage Science

Table 3 Color values of the examined historical textiles

Inv. no.	Color	Color parameters
Inv. no.	Color	L*	a*	b*	C	h
13/218	Blue	56.82	− 3.33	4.38	5.50	52.76
	Dark blue	30.33	− 1.57	− 15.21	15.29	84.10
	Green	43.16	− 7.82	8.53	11.57	47.48
	Brown	28.09	4.78	11.04	12.03	66.59
	Red-brown	33.91	12.54	10.79	16.54	40.71
	Shell pink	65.17	7.97	23.73	25.03	71.43
	Orange	61.41	14.53	28.76	32.22	63.19
	Shell pink (header lining)	53.75	14.08	20.38	24.77	55.36
13/1455	Red (ground)	33.77	36.61	9.00	37.70	13.81
	Blue	41.79	− 2.55	0.73	2.65	15.98
	Purple (lining)	27.33	32.46	− 0.78	32.47	1.38
13/584	Red (ground)	36.06	38.35	8.55	39.29	12.57
	Light green (surrounding the inner edge fabric)	51.15	− 1.12	36.95	36.97	88.26
	Purple (lining)	34.63	34.10	6.96	34.80	11.54
13/929	Dark red	37.10	36.05	10.16	37.45	15.74
	Light green (surrounding the inner edge fabric)	46.09	− 11.22	23.06	25.67	64.05
	Light orang (lining)	65.44	12.52	28.79	31.40	66.50
13/1893	Orange (ground)	56.64	29.28	28.12	40.60	43.84
13/1893	Orange (surrounding the inner edge fabric)	59.82	33.71	27.53	43.52	39.24
13/1060	Blue (ground)	49.84	− 18.57	− 20.80	27.90	48.24

NOTE: Color measurement could not be performed because the sizes of all colors in Inv. No. 13/816 are smaller than the measurement area of the spectrophotometer