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Yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although I bought a pack from a non-sports store just to use in the surf (really low grade hardly bounce types) and they were:

 

 

 

Orange, blue, black and green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, *shrug*.

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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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IT'S GREEN! OWNED!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm kidding. I believe it's yellow.

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This is the result of the first google images thing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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All of the balls here are yellow--check them on paint if you don't agree. I myself really couldn't have said they would be yellow--I'd never really thought about whether they were green or yellow--but that's neither here nor there. I'm guessing that the most conventional colour is yellow, but that obviously doesn't stop you getting other colours.

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I think it depends greatly at what light you look at it in. From this picture, we can see that both apparent greens and yellows can be picked up by photoshop :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I think the best thing to say is, greeny yellow - at least for the greeny yellow kind.

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Ok, time to settle this matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AVERAGE tennis ball you buy is a yellowy green. The professional tennis balls are greeny yellow. Most people do not spend a lot buying pro tennis balls, and usually settle for the average tennis ball found in a local shop, which is probably green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, a tennis ball used by the average person is green, while a tennis ball used by a professional tennis player is more likely to be yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed? :? :P

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Ok, time to settle this matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AVERAGE tennis ball you buy is a yellowy green. The professional tennis balls are greeny yellow. Most people do not spend a lot buying pro tennis balls, and usually settle for the average tennis ball found in a local shop, which is probably green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, a tennis ball used by the average person is green, while a tennis ball used by a professional tennis player is more likely to be yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed? :? :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm inclined to agree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growing up we only played with green tennis balls. However the games we played usually had us whipping the balls at one another as hard as possible rather than hitting them with a racquet :twisted:

I know the price. I pay it gladly.

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Ok, time to settle this matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AVERAGE tennis ball you buy is a yellowy green. The professional tennis balls are greeny yellow. Most people do not spend a lot buying pro tennis balls, and usually settle for the average tennis ball found in a local shop, which is probably green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, a tennis ball used by the average person is green, while a tennis ball used by a professional tennis player is more likely to be yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed? :? :P

They arn't yellowy green! They are Greeny yellow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just had to complicate things. :P

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Ok, time to settle this matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AVERAGE tennis ball you buy is a yellowy green. The professional tennis balls are greeny yellow. Most people do not spend a lot buying pro tennis balls, and usually settle for the average tennis ball found in a local shop, which is probably green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, a tennis ball used by the average person is green, while a tennis ball used by a professional tennis player is more likely to be yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed? :? :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, I don't. I am not a pro and all the balls I buy are yellow. The only green tennis balls I've seen are the ones that are dead and have been played with for years, which isn't a good idea, and the ones people give to their dogs. If I saw green balls when I opened a canister, I would seriously go to the cash register and demand my money back.

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well they could be called green in the same way a watermelon could be called red.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you skin a tennis ball youll probable find them to be green underneath the yellow skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tennis balls are yellow in general 99% of them altho you can buy pink,red,blue,green,white or black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, time to settle this matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AVERAGE tennis ball you buy is a yellowy green. The professional tennis balls are greeny yellow. Most people do not spend a lot buying pro tennis balls, and usually settle for the average tennis ball found in a local shop, which is probably green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, a tennis ball used by the average person is green, while a tennis ball used by a professional tennis player is more likely to be yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed? :? :P

 

 

 

lol no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The avarage person uses yellow if I goto the local courts all I see are yellow balls scattred everywere the ones i buy in the supermarkets are yellow too :P

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So perhaps what you're saying is depending on location? Where I live majority of the tennis balls I see are a yellowy green. You're saying where you live, its the opposite. So I'm thinking it depends on the location now lol, I dunno!!! :oops: :? :x

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'How long is a peice of string?'

 

 

 

'What colour is a tennis ball?'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously there is no definite answer to this question. There are different shades of tennis ball whever you go.

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I've never seen a yewllow tennis ball, Green's the only color i've seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the above post looks green to you, you need to get your eyes checked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lmao :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yellow i suppose :P

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