Simplified measurement of virgen olive oil color: Application of the characteristic vectors method

There are several simplified methods to measure the color of virgin olive oils. However, their reliability is questionable, as they provide errors that sometimes can be considerable. A new method to calculate color coordinates and objective chromatic parameters in the color region of these olive oil...

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Autores: Moyano, María José., Ayala, F., Echávarri, J.F. [0000-0002-3175-1830], Alba, José ., Negueruela, A.I., Heredia, F.J. [0000-0002-3849-8284]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Rioja (UR)
Repositorio:RIUR. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Rioja
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.dialnet.es:doc/5bbc68b9b750603269e80e52
Acceso en línea:https://investigacion.unirioja.es/documentos/5bbc68b9b750603269e80e52
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Characteristic vector analysis
Oil color
Tristimulus colorimetry
Virgin olive oil
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Sumario:There are several simplified methods to measure the color of virgin olive oils. However, their reliability is questionable, as they provide errors that sometimes can be considerable. A new method to calculate color coordinates and objective chromatic parameters in the color region of these olive oils is proposed with the aim of overcoming these objections. The method is a simplification of the original method proposed by the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE), based on the measurement of the complete visible spectrum, from 380 to 770 nm. The characteristic vector analysis provides new equations to calculate tristimulus values as functions of these transmittance values based on a reconstruction of oil transmission spectra measuring from three to six wavelengths. The results show that color difference exist between the color coordinates of the experimental samples and those obtained by means of the proposed method. For more than 90% of the samples, the difference was smaller than three CIELAB units when equations based on four or more wavelengths were used.