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A comment on David Attenborough's 100th Birthday. Parent comment

Re:David Attenborough's 100th Birthday by cody_ellingham on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:49PM (#48070182)
What do you mean tennis balls are yellow? I always thought they were green? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_ball#/media/File:Closeu...
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Re:David Attenborough's 100th Birthday by probabletrain on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:54PM (#48070222)
They're officially yellow. Many people (~50% in my experience) perceive this colour as green though.

> Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow in professional competitions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_ball

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Re:David Attenborough's 100th Birthday by DANmode on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:28PM (#48070858)
Yellow and green are shown in the linked image.
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