RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Study of Color of Quaternary Mixtures of Wines by Means of the Scheffé Design JF American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO Am J Enol Vitic. FD American Society for Enology and Viticulture SP 232 OP 240 DO 10.5344/ajev.1990.41.3.232 VO 41 IS 3 A1 A. I. Negueruela A1 J. F. Echavarri A1 M. L. Los Arcos A1 M. P. Lopez de Castro YR 1990 UL http://www.ajevonline.org/content/41/3/232.abstract AB Standardization of the color of each non-vintage is an important duty, but color specification is difficult. In this article we investigate empirical models using Scheffé polynomials to describe color response surface for four Rioja wine mixtures. The accuracy of color response prediction is shown as color differences in CIELAB units. The color response surfaces are visualized by preparing contour plots that depict color variation over a compositional region.