Blue or Green?

Which color of cloth do you prefer - Blue or Green?

  • Blue

    Votes: 105 60.3%

  • Green

    Votes: 69 39.7%
  • Total voters
    174
The blue seems very bright to me, almost too bright. Green is softer on the eyes, maybe that's why it has been the traditional cloth color for decades. If people play longer on green felt, then as a room owner I would use it.

I prefer the green cloth maybe just because I'm used to it. But blue or a blue/green shade is not bad. I hate beige and red cloth. I flat refuse to play on tables with that color cloth on it. On beige it is harder to see the edge of the balls, and red is just painful on the eyes.
 
Eagleshot said:
I prefer blue. For your survey purposes it is important to note that the blue is harder to keep clean IMO.
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If you stick to the traditional dark blue chalk ( red...yuck!!!where's that pucking smiley face)...then I'll agree. I have switched to the mint blue chalk and find that color doesn't leave any marks on the table and my hands and cue shaft don't turn dark blue either. I know a lot of people that use tan chalk because they don't like thier cue shafts turning blue. The tan chalk doesn't seem to show up on the blue cloth either.

My advise...change chalk color.

L8R...Ken
 
jay helfert said:
The blue seems very bright to me, almost too bright. Green is softer on the eyes, maybe that's why it has been the traditional cloth color for decades. If people play longer on green felt, then as a room owner I would use it.

I prefer the green cloth maybe just because I'm used to it. But blue or a blue/green shade is not bad. I hate beige and red cloth. I flat refuse to play on tables with that color cloth on it. On beige it is harder to see the edge of the balls, and red is just painful on the eyes.
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Yep, Red is not my fav. Kinda hard on the eyes. Beige/Tan KILLS my eyes! Not that I have enuff peripheral vision anyhow :D! But it is funny how TAN can really burn the eyes...
 
jay helfert said:
The blue seems very bright to me, almost too bright. Green is softer on the eyes, maybe that's why it has been the traditional cloth color for decades. If people play longer on green felt, then as a room owner I would use it.

I prefer the green cloth maybe just because I'm used to it. But blue or a blue/green shade is not bad. I hate beige and red cloth. I flat refuse to play on tables with that color cloth on it. On beige it is harder to see the edge of the balls, and red is just painful on the eyes.
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I agree, the blue is too bright. Green is much easier on the eyes. I can acctually feel the radiation from the flourescent light reflecting off the blue cloth eroding my brain stem, and I don't need that when I am playing.:D
 
i play on both. at my house i have traditional green. before i got my new light wtih 4 8' bulbs it was kind of dark, but now there seems to be much more contrast between the felt and the balls. i like it better than the tournament blue they have at the pool hall.

with that said i dont think one is better than the other, just preference.

someguy that is typicallt full of dooky said that red felt makes the balls the most visable. still dont buy that one tho.
 
I had always liked green, but when I moved into my new house I decided to put the US Open blue on my table. I love it. The only problem is I went to Miami and my basement is painted orange and green for my beloved Canes so the blue kinda clashes. Oh well, I still vote blue.
 
Diamond Billiard Products paid for a study to find the best background color to see pool balls against. The company that performed the study are color experts and know nothing about pool. They very clearly stated that Tournament Blue (they had a numerical designation for this color) reduced eye strain and provided the best contrast to see high resolution color graphics(ie pool balls) against.

As for green being the traditional color, that is NOT true. Yellow green or European green such as supplied by Simonis has only been common since the late 1980's. Prior to that most Brunswick pool rooms used a Blue Green color.

As far as the comment that Blue shows dirt and wear more readily, I agree. Since you can see better on it, dirt and chalk shows up better on it. However, this is a constant reminder that the cloth should be cleaned very frequently on pool tables (every day.) Dirt and chalk accelerate the deterioration of cloth and worsens playing conditions.

We contacted Masters Chalk about blue chalk leaving dark streaks on blue cloth. They told us that it is bad practice to use the same color chalk as the cloth. Their recommendation for Tournament Blue was to use lime green chalk.
I tried it and their suggestion works very well.
 
i like being old school and say green, but after the past 6 months i converted to blue
 
Ihate when people post novels on this thread so Ill try to make this short.

1) Pool began many years ago as a lawn game. When they brought it up to being played on a table the natural color was green, as the grass is green. (The short history of why cloth is green)

2) The U.S. open tennis is or was (I know some tennis nut is going to correct me) played on a blue court. Microsoft did a survey on millions of colors of what was easier on the eyes over the long haul. Blue (Im not sure what shade) won. The same as the "Tour blue" diamond uses. If you notice it is the same color as the default background on any microsoft computer.

As for which I prefer. I hated the blue until I got used to it and I would now drive past 5 pool rooms (maybe 4 because of gas prices lol) with green cloth to play on blue.
 
chris_williams said:
Ihate when people post novels on this thread so Ill try to make this short.

1) Pool began many years ago as a lawn game. When they brought it up to being played on a table the natural color was green, as the grass is green. (The short history of why cloth is green)

2) The U.S. open tennis is or was (I know some tennis nut is going to correct me) played on a blue court. Microsoft did a survey on millions of colors of what was easier on the eyes over the long haul. Blue (Im not sure what shade) won. The same as the "Tour blue" diamond uses. If you notice it is the same color as the default background on any microsoft computer.

As for which I prefer. I hated the blue until I got used to it and I would now drive past 5 pool rooms (maybe 4 because of gas prices lol) with green cloth to play on blue.
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You are correct and it (US Open Tennis) is still played on blue court. I like the "Tournament Blue" too.

S.
 
That blue looks like a color of spray paint nobody buys. Much prefer the green on a pool table.
 
I chose the green because I'm a traditional type of guy but to be totally honest, I like playing on the beige. The balls are so easy to see. Only thing is that I can't stand chalk in anything other than Master blue but you have to use the beige chalk on the beige carpet. Still, if I had a home table I'd get beige.
MULLY
 
I have tried both over and over. I have heard that tournament blue from Simonis has been designed to be an easy color on the eyes(less eye fatigue). I also was told from Diamond that it is the easiest color to define the edge of the balls with, its supposed to help you see the balls better. So Simonis tournament blue is the color for me.:D
 
There is nothing more beautiful (in the Pool room) than a GC IV covered in Green Simonis 860 ... However, I have played quite a bit on a neighbors Diamond Pro with Tour Blue 860 and I must admit that I "see" the balls more clearly down table and shadows under the rails are pretty much non-existant ...
 
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