In assessing the quality of dried lemons, special consideration should be given to organoleptic parameters due to their sensitive nature in drying conditions. As reported by Moufida and Marzouk (2003), the lemon (Citrus limon L.) has an acidic pulp and fine texture, and is pale yellow in color, limonene being its main aroma compound. Thus, color has to be considered as a special parameter that seems to be one of the first attributes of quality that a consumer perceives and may influence the
consumers judgment of other attributes such as flavor (Leon et al., 2002). The procedure for color assessment