4.3.4. Dry Pasta Color

Pasta chroma C\* Equation (11) of the CIE Lab system was determined by reflectance by using a Konica Minolta CR-400 (Tokyo, Japonia) colorimeter.

$$\mathbf{C}^\* = \sqrt{\mathbf{a}^{\*2} + \mathbf{b}^{\*2}} \tag{11}$$

where C\*—chroma, a\*—red or green nuance, b\*—yellow or blue nuance.
