Table 2: Colour analysis of stained acrylics (using the Delta E calculation) prior to and after staining.

 

Prior

After

Specimen number

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Group 1

L

54.0

52.7

53.8

54.8

58.4

58.0

57.6

57.4

 

A

17.3

17.0

17.1

16.9

9.6

10.8

10.5

9.9

 

B

4.2

3.9

4.2

4.1

19.3

13.9

18.6

24.5

Group 2

L

55.6

55.7

55.2

55.5

52.0

51.4

50.6

50.7

 

A

16.8

16.6

15.8

17.3

18.6

18.0

18.0

18.1

 

B

3.9

3.5

2.3

3.8

3.2

2.0

1.1

1.6

Group 3

L

51.2

51.4

51.7

51.3

52.5

53.4

52.5

52.1

 

A

17.3

17.5

17.7

17.9

16.8

15.5

16.6

17.0

 

B

1.3

1.7

2.5

2.0

8.1

8.4

6.9

7.0

Group 4

L

53.6

53.1

53.3

53.2

52.9

53.3

52.1

52.8

 

A

16.5

16.4

17

16.7

11.3

11.8

11.4

11.3

 

B

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.7

29.2

27.6

30.1

29.6

Group 5

L

59.4

59.1

59.7

59.1

52.9

52.6

52.1

53.9

 

A

15.9

15.7

15.6

16.3

16.9

18.3

16.8

17.1

 

B

4.7

4.4

4.0

4.3

3.8

4.7

3.5

4.4

Group 6

L

52.3

52

52.2

52.4

51.6

51.2

51.4

51.1

 

A

18.1

17.3

17.5

18.1

17.4

18.4

18.1

18.3

 

B

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.5

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-

-

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