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.
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