The reason tennis balls are yellow – or maybe green
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Tennis balls didn’t get their distinctive neon hue until nearly a century after the game was invented.
Why do some people perceive a tennis ball, which is yellow by the sport's rules and regulation, as being green? What makes some people think the ball has a greenish hue as
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What Color Is a Tennis Ball? - The Atlantic
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Why Are Tennis Balls Yellow?. Not only has the tennis ball changed…, by Daniel Ganninger, Knowledge Stew
Why do so many people disagree about tennis balls being green or yellow? - Quora
Why do some people perceive a tennis ball, which is yellow by the sport's rules and regulation, as being green? What makes some people think the ball has a greenish hue as
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So my girlfriend just told me that tennis balls are green not yellow and now my mind is blown. : r/ColorBlind
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Why Sir David Attenborough is the main reason tennis balls are yellow - as fans are shocked to learn they used to be white or black in the late 1800s
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Are tennis balls yellow or green?