Table 2. Hunter’s color value of body and leg part of 6-year-old red ginseng by grade

Grade	Color value of red ginseng body			Color value of red ginseng leg
Grade	L^*	a^*	b^*	L^*	a^*	b^*
Cheon¹⁾	43.73±5.17^2)b3)	8.07±1.31^ab	26.74±3.77^b	32.92±4.27^4)b	7.02±1.47^a	16.02±3.48^a
Ji	41.28±4.60^a	7.87±1.51^ab	25.07±3.36^a	28.46±4.58^a	6.75±1.81^a	14.16±3.02^a
Yang	45.77±6.63^b	7.48±1.69^a	28.33±4.26^c	34.38±7.61^b	7.33±1.32^a	20.11±5.64^c
Gi	43.88±4.97^b	8.56±1.74^b	27.46±3.66^bc	34.28±5.60^b	6.74±1.68^a	18.01±4.82^b

Cheon, 1st grade; Ji, 2nd grade; Yang, 3rd grade; Gi, out of grade ginseng.
Values of body are mean±standard deviation (n=60).
Means significantly different between grades by Duncan’s multi-range test (p⟨0.05).
Values of leg are mean±standard deviation (n=40).