Table 1 Chromaticity values of ceramics sintered sample at 1500 °C.

From: Study on the preparation and mechanical properties of purple ceramics

3YSZ content Chroma value

20%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

a*

12.84 ± 0.01

12.51 ± 0.03

12.25 ± 0.03

11.96 ± 0.02

11.65 ± 0.04

9.50 ± 0.01

b*

11.81 ± 0.02

14.75 ± 0.03

14.22 ± 0.01

13.62 ± 0.01

12.10 ± 0.02

13.10 ± 0.03

L*

50.39 ± 0.01

60.97 ± 0.03

59.56 ± 0.03

68.42 ± 0.02

65.23 ± 0.02

68.44 ± 0.04