Cosmic Latte is the color of the universe, according to a
team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University. In 2001, Karl Glazebrook and
Ivan Baldry determined that the color of the universe was a greenish white, but
they soon corrected their analysis in "The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey:
constraints on cosmic star-formation history from the cosmic spectrum",
published in 2002. In this paper, they reported that their survey of the color
of all light in the universe added up to a slightly beige white. The survey
included more than 200,000 galaxies, and measured the spectral range of the
light from a large volume of the universe. The hexadecimal RGB value for Cosmic
Latte is #FFF8E7.
In a Washington Post article, the color was displayed. Glazebrook jokingly said
that he was looking for suggestions for a name for the new color. Several
people who read the article sent in suggestions. "Cosmic Latte" was
selected.
(I tried to make this in that color, but it is too light to read. It is like a very light grey. This is halfway between Cosmic Latte and Black.)
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