Way OT: What color is a tennis ball?

[PSU2UNC]

I guess this has been floating around for a little bit now, but this latest bit of nonsense was just brought to my attention.

What color is a standard (not novelty), modern (not old school white) tennis ball?

Origin: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/what-color-tennis-ball-green-yellow/523521/

 

[crew1]

Chartreuse.

 

[lj4heisman1]

Greenish yellow

 

[Obliviax]

 

[gamblepsu]

depends on the brand... Penn seems to run green. Wilson yellow...

Slazenger does whatever they want... i used to prefer the white ones back in the day...

 

[Jovialgent]

Hmmm. A tennis ball? Depends. Is it white tie? Black tie optional? I need to know more.

 

[loosey goosey]

What color is a Polish golfball?

 

[wbcincy]

Always thought it was a cross of neon green and yellow.

 

[Nitt1300]

who cares?

 

[BobPSU92]

Tennis balls used to be white.

 

[phillybillyreprise]

Chartreuse.

When I was 3 years old, my parents built a house and I was to get a bedroom of my own. When asked what color I wanted the room painted, my reply was “chartreuse”. I have know idea where I had heard the word. My father did paint it chartreuse. I painted it light blue when I became a teenager.

 

[LoyalandTrueLion]

who cares?

Blue Balls?

 

[LionDeNittany]

Tennis balls used to be white.

Grass tennis balls were always white.

LdN

 

[PAgeologist]

Blue Balls?

Damn it. You beat me to that comment.

 

[artsandletters]

I guess this has been floating around for a little bit now, but this latest bit of nonsense was just brought to my attention.

What color is a standard (not novelty), modern (not old school white) tennis ball?

Origin: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/what-color-tennis-ball-green-yellow/523521/

When I was a kid they were off-white or cream colored.

 

[cobritra]

Chartreuse

 

[PearlSUJam]

Chartreuse.

Green pumpkin works everywhere.

 

[The Song Remains the Same]

Based on my research, Anna says it's gotta be yellow

 

[PSU2UNC]

Thanks for responding to the poll.

I'm curious: of the 20+ people who think they are green, how many of you play tennis?

Also, you are wrong. They are yellow. The official color is "Optic Yellow". By rule (International Tennis Federation) official balls can only be yellow or white (and as others have rightly pointed out they used to be white. Wimbledon was the last tournament to switch to yellow).

 

[PSU2UNC]

depends on the brand... Penn seems to run green. Wilson yellow...

Slazenger does whatever they want... i used to prefer the white ones back in the day...

I play with both Penn and Wilson and believe they (and other ball brands) are all exactly the same color of yellow.

I was pretty young when white balls were common, but I recall not likely how dirty they got (especially on public hard courts).