4 New Colour Rubbers Confirmed!

TableTennisDaily · Dec 3, 2020

Hey everyone!

In April 2019, the ITTF announced they are going to introduce new colour rubbers to table tennis to give the sport more colour and life. The ITTF equipment team have spent the last few months testing which colours to go for and have announced the 4 new colours! It's official, TableTennisDaily have spoken with head of equipment at the ITTF Claudia Herweg who has made the announced that the 4 new rubber colours for table tennis will come in effect as of the October 1st 2021! The colours are:

- Blue
- Green
- Pink
- Purple

What do you think of the colours?

Bernadette Szocs using the pink rubber at the 2019 T2 Diamond Singapore event (Photo via T2 Diamond)

In November 2019, T2 Diamond Singapore were testing the different rubber colours with the players in the training hall. Dan took on Adam in a fun challenge match using the new colour rubbers. See below:

Claudia sent this photo to TableTennisDaily. The 4 rubbers used during testing:

lodro · Dec 3, 2020

i like a bit of color in my life but whether we are going to have them in TT or not,
"""Frankly my dear -who gives a damn"""

Kuba Hajto · Dec 3, 2020

A very much enjoy this change. If I want to go for a rubber that is somewhere between my typical forehand and backhand (Joola Golde Tango PS for example) I can buy weird color of it, and use it on whichever side I want without influencing my other purcahses.

tt_beginner · Dec 3, 2020

yellow blue please

Punching Feline · Dec 3, 2020

Any confirmation if existing rubbers be available in specific colours like Rasanter R48 be blue/green etc, or they'll launch new set of rubbers for those colors?

Kuba Hajto · Dec 3, 2020

Mohsin Arbaz said:
Any confirmation if existing rubbers be available in specific colours like Rasanter R48 be blue/green etc, or they'll launch new set of rubbers for those colors?

Blue bluefire, green rasanter, pink golden tango ps, good influx of colors <3

ArturS · Dec 3, 2020

I dont like the look of this, I hope that rubbers wont be available fe. only in green or only in blue. I dont mind if someone will use green or pink rubber but I dont really like this and I hope that I will never have to play with rubber with color like this because red or black wont be in stock.

yogi_bear · Dec 3, 2020

I do not think manufacturers will be producing these as much as red and black rubbers. Some studies by brands say the response from people is meh.

Manto76 · Dec 3, 2020

igorponger · Dec 3, 2020

The colourful rubbers are just underway. Baby sucker likes flameboyant rags. Senior one does not.

https://vk.com/doc199930161_579152820

lodro · Dec 3, 2020

no need to get carried away with color-combos, I think the new color-rule says that one must have one side black................so forget about the green-pink combo

RIPPER · Dec 3, 2020

wow this will be interesting, was watching timo bolls video other day where he mentions black is generally ever so slightly heavier than red makes me wonder if the new colours will change this....more importantly if it will be distracting if your opponent has the brighter colours

Punching Feline · Dec 3, 2020

All rubbers will have black version though, but making 5 coloured version of each rubber is bad for producers, more shelf space wasted and lesser profit. I hope they find some optimum way of doing it.

NoFootwork · Dec 4, 2020

Can't wait for the EJ debates on which color of the same rubber and sponge thickness has better spin, feel, power, etc. ????

Can you use any color combination or must 1 side be either black or red.

Brs · Dec 4, 2020

Pink and black is classic combo so I will go for that.

https://images.app.goo.gl/RZ4rGHfn4A6MPtiW8

hleett · Dec 4, 2020

What about gold and silver colors? I am sure these 2 colors have an advantage since the bright colors will be like laser light beams shooting at your opponents' eyes.

thomas.pong · Dec 4, 2020

As long as one side is dark and one lighter so that they're easily distinguishable, I don't mind.

Not sure if I'll stick to red/black or I'll be tempted to use new colors...

ArturS · Dec 4, 2020

I actually did a little research and what I read is that the pigment that will be used to make black rubber pink, green etc. is same as the one that makes black rubber red so the there will be no difference between pink and red or green and red. Maybe some of You dont know but the original rubber color is black and pigment makes it red and this pigment is available in red and these colors that ittf will make legal. This pigment also makes the rubber a little bit stiffier, amateurs dont see the difference but that is why pros always use black rubber on their better side (Zhang JK played with black on BH and Ma Long and Fan ZD and many others have black on their FH). Making long story short, the colored rubbers will feel 1:1 like red rubbers but I still think that it wont bring anything to Table Tennis and if ITTF want to make TT more popular they should develop other things, not the color of the rubber.

Tango K · Dec 4, 2020

I don’t generally speculate but let’s have one here. The most we see will be in premade rackets since they are sold to ‘unsophisticated’ players. Then there may be a limited number of popular rubbers, such as Tenergy, 729, since these have enough volume. In this department, don’t forget Asia & China where cheap rubbers have volume and fierce competition, sold to juniors.

And if some very top players, very likely female, use certain rubbers in certain colours, there will be “premium” version of those.

note that this change specifically targets juniors to join the sport. So again, development would show up in that area rather than in the “enthusiast” space.

In the end of the day, demands and cost determine supply.

Tango K · Dec 4, 2020

Think about it this way - “Dad, Coach says Tenergy is the best rubber, it’s twice as durable, AND it’s in BLUE”

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