Two red balls cannot be potted from consecutive ... Every ball has a number from 1-15, the black taking the 8. Snooker cues - usually made of wood - are often slightly lighter than pool cues.

Snooker itself evolved from the much older ... The object balls are 15 red balls, then one ball each of yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.Potting a red scores one point.

SNOOKER chiefs are ready to make radical changes to the sport — to help colour-blind fans. Top-secret talks have taken place over replacing the red, green and brown balls to make them more eye ...