The regular chemical component indexes of 111flue-cured tobacco samples in Hunan Province in 2011 —2012 were analyzed,and the relationship between their appearance quality and regular chemical component indexes was studied by using grey relation analysis.The results indicated that the indicators of leaf chemical composition were all right-skewed distribution, apart from color outside and mature degree, all other appearance quality indicators were skewed left, the closest relationship with the appearance of quality was total nitrogen, total sugar and nicotine. The most dist...