The Color of the Universe

The color of the universe as described by Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry in "2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey" is #FFF8E7. This is equivalent to 255, 248, 231 in RGB, 1 2 9 0 in CMYK, or 43 10 100 in HSB.

The color of the universe is sometimes called Cosmic Latte.

Glazebrook and Baldry's web site has more details than you ever wanted to know. There's a web site for the original 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. Wikipedia also has a great article on this.

Does this mean that geek grrls should wear this shade of nailpolish and lipstick? Would geek boyz notice?