Cloth color

My understanding ( and I realize I may have it totally wrong)

A traditional set of pool balls was given to a lab that worked on colors and visibility and they came up with the Tournament Blue color. They did not pick this color based on what looks good. They felt this color was the best background color for the balls. Making for good contrast between balls and cloth. Not surprisingly, the color of the US Open Tennis tournament surface color is very similar to tournament blue. IMHO this is not a coincidence. This blue must give the best contrast, even for a tennis ball.

Of course now that we have all these crazy colors for pool balls. Some of which fight the contrast that is desirable for best visibility.

Just my 2 cents.
 
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if you look at the ads of new table manufacturers they use colors often because people with extra money buy new tables as a fashion trend.
 
I've always preferred gray, with powder blue a close second. With the advent of Shark Grey, it's good to see it's now a mainstream color. I prefer tournament blue over green but both are fine too.
 
gbs52 said:
As I’ve not saw two of these colors on tables. For those who have played on these tables with these colors what color do you prefer in Simonis, tournament blue, grey or powder blue. Thanks
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90% of all players, only think of pool as 9 ball or 8 ball. I'd say the same thing about cloth color.... this demographic would traditionally think of green, and a darker blue would be close, plus food/beer/hand stains are less noticable.
I think I'm feeling a little Num/Now answering the OP. :)
 
DJKeys said:
Gray is great for me, no weird color contrasts with any of the traditional colored balls.

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Some cloth colors may be excellent choices for playability and contrast for seeing the balls well (such as grays or camel/golds) for a home table. However, they simply aren’t a good option for a public poolroom, due to the popularity of Master blue chalk and personal premium chalks (usually blue or green) that so many players that have their own cues now use.

For that reason, tournament blue or Simonis green are the only two Simonis colors that work best for most serious pool rooms, in my opinion. Blue or green chalk marks are simply too hard if not impossible to remove from these other cloth colors, which is quite unsightly.
 
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ChrisinNC said:
Some cloth colors may be excellent choices for playability and contrast for seeing the balls well (such as grays or camel/golds) for a home table. However, they simply aren’t a good option for a public poolroom, due to the popularity of Master blue chalk and personal premium chalks (usually blue or green) that so many players that have their own cues now use.

For that reason, tournament blue or Simonis green are the only two Simonis colors that work for most serious pool rooms, in my opinion. Blue or green chalk marks are simply too hard if not impossible to remove from these other cloth colors, which is quite unsightly.
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No chalk has ever been a problem on powder blue or grey.
 
Here's my fancy Brunswick eatin' table.
It even has room underneath to store the bathtub ;-)
 

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markjames said:
169 bar nyc lower east side
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That looks like a fun place to hang out, but the owner obviously isn't much of a hunter. That baby TRex mount is the equivalent of a basket 6 whitetail here. You cut Em off and chuck Em by your garage. You don't do a shoulder mount lol
 
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SeniorTom said:
At the local pool hall they just resurfaced a snooker table in gray, and I have to admit it looks pretty sharp!
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Fan of grey cloth. they re-did my local hall from grey to tournament blue... I miss the old cloth

It's probably due for a re-surfacing soon, and I have been in the Laoban's ear about it already :ROFLMAO:
 
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