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# Cosmic Latte – The Average Color of the Universe

[Link →](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_latte)

![Die Farbe Cosmic Late als Bild.](https://eay.cc/uploads/2026/cosmic-latte.png)

> Cosmic latte is a term coined by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University to describe the average color of the galaxies of the universe as perceived by a typical human observer from the position of the Earth.

> In 2002, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the average color of the universe was a whiteish green. Still, they soon corrected their analysis in a 2003 paper in which they reported that their survey of the light from over 200,000 galaxies averaged to a whiteish beige. The hex triplet value (assuming the standard sRGB color space) for the cosmic latte color is approximately `#FFF8E7`.

(via meinem Tweet-Archiv, das ich letztens in [Everlog](https://everlog.app/), meine Journaling-App der Wahl, importiert habe und seitdem immer wieder auf interessante, alte Tweets stoße; den Hinweis hierauf habe ich z.B. 2013 getwittert)