1800robertm
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Why is it that the 1 ball is yellow, 2 ball is blue, 3 ball is red and so-on? I mean for example why couldn't the 1 ball be red?
The mystery of the color of billiard balls
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It can be, just play Snooker
Red - 1
Yellow - 2
Green - 3
Brown - 4
Blue - 5
Pink - 6
Black - 7
What makes you think it "cant"?
And how do you know your blue is the same as mine?
This could all be a dream.
It all centers around 8-ball and it's racist. Think about it.
1-3 and 9-11 are primary colors
4-6 and 12-14 are secondary colors (mix of two primaries)
7 and 15 are a tertiary color (mix of primary + secondary)
8 and cue ball are "none" and "all"
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This is most likely the most useless, unimportant, and uninformative thread I have ever seen. Kthxbye.
Dr. Dave explains it all at and even shows a color wheel at: www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/pool/threads/balls.html
I dunno about racist, but it violated horror movie code...
The black one always get shot first in the horror movie.
I dunno but it's pretty clever. Every 8 balls the colors repeat, with 8 being exactly in the middle. You can rack them beginning with the one in front, skipping a space then the two, and so-on and when you get to the stripes the colors begin to lay in order with the nine beside the one, ten beside the two, and so-on. I don't know who did it or why but there's symmetry to the colors & numbers.
I'm old guy thick today...I'm not getting how you are racking when the one is in front- then skip a space...huh?
Because the number 1 is yellow silly.
Quoting the most useless, unimportant, and uninformative reply this thread has ever seen.
I hate the tv, sets. love the standards of the game. blue chalk ect...
In the big scheme of things, is it really something to concern ourselves with?
I would sure hope not. Just conversation.