None of the studied coating solutions were found suitable for masking the reddish brown colour of the iron-fortified rice. L (34.38 1.66–48.89 0.71) and a values (6.01 0.29–9.37 0.61) were affected by the type of coating material, but b values (2.27 0.09–2.75 0.75) were influenced by both parame- ters, that is, type of coating material and concentration of coating material