BALL COLORS
I know that most know this, but here is how the original colors of pool balls were determined:
1. The first three balls (1,2,3) are PRIMARY colors....yellow, blue and red.
They occur with maximum separation on the color wheel so as to provide maximum contrast.
2. The next three balls are all SECONDARY colors, comprised strictly of combined primary colors.
Four is purple = red + blue
Five is orange = red + yellow
Six is green = blue + yellow
These secondary colors also provide maximum separation and contrast on the color wheel.
3. The next ball (seven) is a TERTIARY color, comprised of a primary and secondary color.
Seven is maroon = red (primary) + purple (secondary).
4. The cue ball (white) and eight ball (black) are the presence of all colors and no colors.
5. The Nine through Fifteen balls repeat the colors of the 1 through 7 except as striped balls.
The colors may have been originally established by leveraging colors of croquet balls.
Whew, sorry!
I was an engineer for 40+ years, and it resurfaces once in a while.
.....And now you know.......
By the way, I am a big fan of the traditional colors.
Will Prout
I know that most know this, but here is how the original colors of pool balls were determined:
1. The first three balls (1,2,3) are PRIMARY colors....yellow, blue and red.
They occur with maximum separation on the color wheel so as to provide maximum contrast.
2. The next three balls are all SECONDARY colors, comprised strictly of combined primary colors.
Four is purple = red + blue
Five is orange = red + yellow
Six is green = blue + yellow
These secondary colors also provide maximum separation and contrast on the color wheel.
3. The next ball (seven) is a TERTIARY color, comprised of a primary and secondary color.
Seven is maroon = red (primary) + purple (secondary).
4. The cue ball (white) and eight ball (black) are the presence of all colors and no colors.
5. The Nine through Fifteen balls repeat the colors of the 1 through 7 except as striped balls.
The colors may have been originally established by leveraging colors of croquet balls.
Whew, sorry!
I was an engineer for 40+ years, and it resurfaces once in a while.
.....And now you know.......
By the way, I am a big fan of the traditional colors.
Will Prout
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