Table 1. Apparent color and light transmittance of the composite films

Films	L^*	a^*	b^*	ΔE	T₂₈₀ (%)¹⁾	T₆₆₀ (%)²⁾
Neat carrageenan	94.7±0.05^a3)	−0.49±0.01^a	3.68±0.08^b	⁻	69.24±0.72^a	87.42±0.38^a
Car-ZnONPs^ZA	94.9±0.09^a	−0.67±0.08^b	4.31±0.48^a	1.69±0.48^ab	36.87±0.3^c	64.4±0.45^c
Car-ZnONPs^ZC	94.8±0.01^a	−0.66±0.02^b	4.13±0.09^ab	1.56±0.08^ab	31.91±0.01^d	67.37±0.02^b
Car-ZnONPs^ZN	94.8±0.09^a	−0.63±0.03^b	4.33±0.01^a	1.74±0.05^a	43.92±0.09^b	63.18±0.82^bc

Transmittance at 280 nm.
Transmittance at 660 nm.
All values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript letters in the same column are statistically different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.