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Why Sir David Attenborough is the main reason tennis balls are yellow - as fans are shocked to learn they used to be white or black in the late 1800s | Daily
![Quite Interesting on X: "In the first half of the 20th century, tennis balls were usually white. And so it was, until a young TV producer called David Attenborough got involved… 🎾 # Quite Interesting on X: "In the first half of the 20th century, tennis balls were usually white. And so it was, until a young TV producer called David Attenborough got involved… 🎾 #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F07gVKYWYAIqcFy.png)
Quite Interesting on X: "In the first half of the 20th century, tennis balls were usually white. And so it was, until a young TV producer called David Attenborough got involved… 🎾 #
![TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis](https://external-preview.redd.it/h3waQnt9J20gpQylJRM-hd1DFJGnSMPHsMdsknPeOtY.jpg?auto=webp&s=3301583ede73d8ce62307c92b77323ecf7a0096a)
TIL tennis balls used to be white until Sir David Attenborough realized they'd be hard to follow on color television so the sport created "optic yellow" balls. : r/tennis
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Why Sir David Attenborough is the main reason tennis balls are yellow - as fans are shocked to learn they used to be white or black in the late 1800s | Daily
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We Can Thank Sir David Attenborough For High Visibility Yellow Tennis Balls | 2oceansvibe News | South African and international news
Tennis balls used to be black and white, but were changed to yellow for TV viewers thanks to David Attenborough's suggestion | Instagram
![Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fj7db5-four-yellow-tennis-balls-395904121.jpg)
Fans are only just realising why tennis balls are yellow… and it's all thanks to David Attenborough | The Sun
![Yellow tennis balls which look better on colour TV were the idea of David Attenborough when he was controller of BBC2. | Tennis balls, Tennis ball, Tennis Yellow tennis balls which look better on colour TV were the idea of David Attenborough when he was controller of BBC2. | Tennis balls, Tennis ball, Tennis](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/72/7f/eb727f67e5c3d2bc2d10a15fc0bfdb35.jpg)