In this paper,the chief fat-soluble pigments,including chlorophylls andtheir decomposed products and main constituents of carotenoids,and oxidedproducts of polyphenols(TF,TR and TB)in black tea and Oolong tea wredetermined with TLC scanning method and spectrophotometry respectively.Moreover,the relationship between the constituent ratio of pigment systemand the color quality was probed.Results showed that the appearance colorformations of black tea and Oolong tea could be chemically described withthe constituent ratios expressed b...