Another Pool Design…..that is UGLY.

For example, in an old school ball set:

1, 2, 3 are primary colors: yellow, blue and red.
4, 5, 6 are secondary colors with

4 a combination of primary colors red and blue.
5 a combination of primary colors red and yellow.
6 a combination of primary colors yellow and blue.

7 is a tertiary color combination of yellow, blue and red.
8 is presence of all colors.
Cue ball is presence of no colors.

The layout spaces primary, secondary and tertiary hues as far apart on
the color wheel as possible so players can quickly tell them apart mid-shot.

The bright, distinct pigments were originally chosen to remain legible in
smoky, dimly lit pool halls.

The dark shades were tweaked -replacing purple with pink, and maroon
with light brown or tan because older camera sensors and green or blue
cloth made dark tones hard to separate on screen.

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Will Prout
 
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ibuycues said:
For example, in an old school ball set:

1, 2, 3 are primary colors: yellow, blue and red.
4, 5, 6 are secondary colors with

4 a combination of primary colors red and blue.
5 a combination of primary colors red and yellow.
6 a combination of primary colors yellow and blue.

7 is a tertiary color combination of yellow, blue and red.
8 is presence of all colors.
Cue ball is presence of no colors.

The layout spaces primary, secondary and tertiary hues as far apart on
the color wheel as possible so players can quickly tell them apart mid-shot.

The bright, distinct pigments were originally chosen to remain legible in
smoky, dimly lit pool halls.

The dark shades were tweaked -replacing purple with pink, and maroon
with light brown or tan because older camera sensors and green or blue
cloth made dark tones hard to separate on screen.

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Will Prout
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I've had the opportunity to be a camera op for the PBR ( Yes Professional Bull Riders ) events in Billings and those camera's are incredible how they are such quality in all sorts of lighting situations dark with moving lights ballyhooing the arena and audience to full bright lights and special effects smoke .
With that said I can't understand why they have to change the colors of the pool balls for the viewers at home , granted I'm watching the Las Vegas Open and I can't see where these new colors help one darn bit .

Maybe I need to find my glasses to see them better ha ha !
 
there is a sucker born every minute and two to take him as the saying goes.

suckers will always find some way to blow their dough foolishly.

i know, its made me rich.
 
skor said:
I also don't like the black numbering. it's not the first striped 8ball either, remember this:
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These were on a Japanese event (a TV show if memory serves me correctly?)
 
skor said:
I don't like the black balls, not these and not the Aramith black, It's OK until the 9ball but if you're playing 8ball or any other game that requires all the balls, it's just hard to aim with them.
I also don't like the black numbering. it's not the first striped 8ball either, remember this:
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And they have this one for English 8ball
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the 8 ball looks like a zebra dropping
 
Bavafongoul said:
I really like the Pagulayan chalk cube shape and what’s not to like about TAOM Chalk. So it is the best combination, IMO.
However, when it comes to pool balls, Pagulayan really blew it. This design rates a F along with some Dynasphere designs.

Centennials are admittedly my favorite but Aramith Tournament is a great design and I could tolerate the Rhodium design too.
However, these are just ugly, worse than Predator’s Black design. I posted so that I could get feedback from forum members.
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Unattractive to the point of downright ugly. Why do all these manufacturers keep trying to improve on something which was considered the norm, and perfectly fine, for so very long?

This makes me want to buy a second set of Centennials just in case the colors and design suddenly changes, and I'm someday stuck with something this hideous.
 
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