
Essentially, chalk provides friction between the cue tip and the cue ball. Now that you know that chalk color doesn’t have an effect on your game, you may be wondering what chalk does.

Unless you change your pool table cloth color. Why change from blue chalk to something else when blue chalk works just fine? No reason, really. Plus, blue chalk works well on the two most popular table cloth colors: blue and green. You’ll notice blue marks on a green table, but they’re not that much different. Mostly it’s because blue and green tend to mix well. You would think that the pool hall would like to have green chalk so their tables look nice all the time. If you think about it for a moment, you’ll realize that most pool halls have blue chalk on green tables. That’s why some people prefer to have a particular chalk color. Those red chalk marks would stand out like sore thumbs. So imagine if you had red chalk and blue cloth. Unless, of course, you don’t use chalk! But that’s never a good idea. And I don’t care how careful you are, it’s impossible to keep chalk marks from getting on the billiard cloth. This gives the table the illusion of cleanliness. This is because, when the chalk and cloth (sometimes called felt) are the same color, the chalk marks on the table aren’t as noticeable. Many people prefer to play with chalk that’s the same color as their billiard cloth. More than anything else, pool chalk color is a matter of preference. And for some people, chalk color is important. But, the quality of the chalk does matter, to an extent. When you have two pieces of chalk, say red and blue, and they’re of the same quality, which one you use doesn’t matter.


This begs the question: Does pool chalk color matter?Īs far as performance goes, the color of the chalk you use doesn’t matter. What’s with all the different colors of pool chalk? Most players use blue chalk, so does that mean you should, too? Some people seem to think that each different color of chalk has different characteristics.
