Table 1. Color value according to germination days of brown rice

Variety	Day	L^*1)	a^*	b^*	ΔE
Milyang356	0	77.10±0.28^d2)	4.61±0.13^a	9.70±0.26^b	-
	1	80.05±0.48^c	2.96±0.12^b	7.81±0.19^c	3.89±0.24^c
	2	81.09±0.10^b	2.19±0.06^d	7.26±0.43^d	5.27±0.16^b
	3	81.51±0.66^b	2.37±0.09^c	9.62±0.14^b	4.96±0.56^b
	4	82.74±0.55^a	1.98±0.06^e	10.26±0.07^a	6.25±0.49^a
Nampyeong	0	87.20±0.09^b	0.26±0.02^a	8.79±0.05^c	-
	1	87.49±0.03^a	0.22±0.01^a	8.43±0.01^d	0.46±0.01^d
	2	87.64±0.09^a	0.21±0.08^a	7.76±0.30^e	1.13±0.24^c
	3	86.61±0.19^c	0.01±0.03^b	10.01±0.07^b	1.39±0.04^b
	4	87.14±0.03^b	−0.22±0.02^c	10.95±0.07^a	2.22±0.07^a
Dasan	0	87.23±0.16^a	0.00±0.01^bc	7.37±0.17^e	−
	1	87.62±0.04^a	0.34±0.01^a	8.06±0.03^d	0.86±0.04^d
	2	86.36±0.07^c	0.04±0.02^b	8.27±0.09^c	1.26±0.03^c
	3	87.33±0.06^a	−0.04±0.02^c	9.97±0.08^b	2.60±0.08^b
	4	86.84±0.43^b	−0.25±0.07^d	11.41±0.15^a	4.09±0.10^a

Numeric description of color using CIELAB color space. L^* (lightness or darkness) ranges from black (0) to white (100); a^* color direction in red (a^*>0) or green (a^*<0); b^* color direction in yellow (b^*>0) or blue (b^*<0); ΔE (the total color difference) is calculated based on delta L*, a*, b* color differences and represents the distance of a line between the germination day and initial day.
Mean±SD (n=3) followed by different letters are significantly different according to germinated time (p<0.05).