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Tennis Ball Color debate

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When I first saw this topic, I thought yellow, duh! But then after thinking about it, I've seen the old crusty tennis balls that are like 10 yrs old that have turned green. I think if you go to wal-mart and buy any tube of tennis balls, it's undeniablly (sp) yellow. ;)

Tennis balls are yellow :P Youve gotta realize, most popular pro courts are grass and popular recreation courts are hardcourt, and it has to stick out. Therefore yellow.

Omg its just a topic about the color of tennis balls. What does it matter what color it is. but if i must say, i say its yellow. Yes it is more a yellow green but i'll say its yellow and stay with that

 

As specified on the International Tennis Federation's website, the rules of tennis (direct link to pdf - 1.6 megs) state that:

 

 

 

The ball shall have a uniform outer surface consisting of a fabric cover and shall be white or yellow in colour. If there are any seams they shall be stitchless.
(Appendix I, part a. Found on Page 18, which is the 21st sheet of the document.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hehe, owned. They are YELLOW. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can't possibly say this is green.

 

 

 

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I can't honestly say that that is what the tennis balls I use look like. All mine are green.

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It varies. Some are yellow and some are green. I've never seen any green ones used in professional tennis though, but that could just be because I hardly ever watch it.

lol, definitely yellow, i've been playing tennis for 7 years now, 4 times per week, so i guess i know for sure they're yellow, and NO i don't have, or need glasses :wink: ( and i'm not colourblind too)

I play A grade tennis, and the official colour of the tennis ball is GREEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's no alternatives fools, whoever says yellow is just plain stupid and ignorant

I play A grade tennis, and the official colour of the tennis ball is GREEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's no alternatives fools, whoever says yellow is just plain stupid and ignorant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y-E-L-L-O-W.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The majority of tennis balls out there are yellow.

 

 

 

I don't care if you play with green balls... :lol:

Bjbsk8er2 : Playing since 2001.

 

: 126 Combat Since June 2006 :

 

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Ratherbesk, USSR and East Germany failed years ago. Tennis balls are green nowadays, in every tournament and every competition.

OK, I'm about to be intensely hypocritical (I AM colourblind), but: I think you're the colourblind one. Those balls are yellow*--check them on Paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*in that they're on the yellow side of the yellow-green area of the munsell color tree.

Green is like the standard, but I've seen noname companies make yellow ones.

The question "what color are tennis balls" is as stupid as "what color is hair". There is not one single official answer. Though, as pointed out on the thread yellow is the ball colour used in all professional tournaments and matches. Non-pro ones might be green ones, why does it matter? I'm not going to lie and say "it matters so that I can see it better on the tennis court". B.S... Even if it was 5x smaller than a normal tennis ball and it'd exactly match the color of the court, probably most people with good vision would see it. The color doesn't matter.

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they are orange and yellowish green

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they are orange and yellowish green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cant even tell from that picture

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Don't know if anyone has said, but they used to be white.

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