Roger Federer settles the ‘green or yellow’ tennis ball debate

The colour has been described as fluorescent yellow, chartreuse, lime green and the fun imaginary composite of ‘gellow’, however the official colour for tournament balls is “optic yellow”.

Tennis balls were traditionally black or white, but in 1972 the International Tennis Federation introduced yellow tennis balls after research showed they were more visible to television viewers.

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