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Pearson's correlation was used to ascertain if there was a positive linear relationship between values for water sorption and change in total color.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was a statistically significant difference in mean water sorption data between the tested composites (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> value\u2009=\u20095.6). No correlation coefficients between water sorption and any tested composites in any colorant solutions were statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2265\u20090.05), with the exception of PermaFlow Pink immersed in coffee (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.635, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>All the tested composites exhibited favorable values for water sorption<jats:sup>.<\/jats:sup> Over the studied period, water immersion produced a negligible change in color among all the tested specimens. All composites exhibited changes in color when exposed to food colorants with the largest relative change occurring for immersion in curry. 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