Mail Shop - Yellow tennis balls, which look better on colour TV were the idea of David Attenborough when he was the controller of BBC2! But what colour did they used to
![Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 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. - ) Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 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. - )](https://img.ifunny.co/images/8ebe8ab770b38dc7f114f926f9fd441905f5e2b53e98dcc57716cde9a028249c_1.jpg)
Diply FACTS! Image Credit: Tennis365 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. - )
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