The nature of color: New formula to calculate hue improves accuracy of color analysis

Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 02:01 in Biology & Nature

Color is crucial in ecological studies, playing an important role in studies of flower and fruit development, responses to heat/drought stress, and plant–pollinator communication. But, measuring color variation is difficult, and available formulas sometimes give misleading results. An improved formula to calculate hue (one of three variables characterizing color) has now been developed.

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