In order to explore the relationship between leaf pigment content and leaf color parameters of tea germplasm resources, 143 tea germplasms with yellow,albino and purple variation in leaf color were selected, and the differences of the values of L*,a* and b* of leaf color parameters and the pigment contents of total anthocyanin, chlorophyll, carotenoid in various qualitative leaves were compared and analyzed.The relationship between leaf pigment content and leaf color parameters were explored through principal component analysis,cluster analysis,correlation analysis, multiple stepwise regression analysis, and path analysis to provide the basis for leaf color mechanism of tea germplasms and variety breeding.The results showed that：(1) The content of anthocyanin and a* value in purple tea germplasms were higher, and thecolor of leaves showed purple red.The ratio of carotenoid content to chlorophyll content and b* value in yellow germplasms were higher, and the color of leaves were yellow. The L*value of albino germplasms was higher and the color of leaves were white.In terms of leaf color phenotypic traits, leaf color specific tea germplasms generally clustered into two groups, white and yellow in one group and purple in the other group. (2) The leaf color parameter a* value of leaf color specific tea tree germplasms in tea leaves exhibited a significantly positive correlation with anthocyanin content, while L* value as well as b* value had extremely significant negative correlation with anthocyanin and chlorophyll content, and there were a very significantly strong negative correlation between b* value and carotenoid content.Anthocyanin and chlorophyll contributed more directly to the leaf CIEL*ɑ*b* value.In conclusion,ɑ* value can be used as a representative parameter to describe the leaf purple-red traits of leaf color specific tea tree germplasms and b* value to describe the leaf yellow traits of leaf color specific tea tree germplasms.