Changes in Colour Value of Banana var. Grand Naine during Ripening

Colour development is an important feature during ripening which is used in determining the quality of fruit for marketing. The peel colour is also been used to characterize the state of ripeness of banana fruit. Moreover most retailers ask for fruit at yellow colour. Hence it is important to quantify the yellow colour developed during ripening. The maximum ‘L’ and ‘b’ value was found to 74.25 and 51.11 respectively on 4^th day. And decrease in both the values thereafter. This confirms that the banana treatedwith ethylene gas attains the maximum yellow colour on 4^th day. The colour developed during ripening was judged as more homogeneous.