The Universe is.....Beige?

[Bikewer]

The Astronomy Picture Of The Day site has one up this morning indicating that if one "smeared" the various color-perceived stars, galaxies, etc. into an average across the entire sky, the result would be a rather yechhy beige:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

No doubt interior designers would be happy to refer to it as "taupe" or perhaps "light bamboo"...

[quarky]

This explains why cars and houses are so often painted the way they are. (Except in Puerto Rico.)

[The Central Scrutinizer]

This explains why cars and houses are so often painted the way they are. (Except in Puerto Rico.)

My friend who owned a lot of rental properties used to call it "Rental Tan".

[ElMondoHummus]

That's living proof that the universe is really a simulation run inside an old Dell minitower (http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Dell-Optiplex-GX110-GX110). :D

[Madalch]

I read that years ago. They thought it was worth publishing mostly because they had made a mistake in their initial claculation, which indicated that the universe was a much more interesting shade of light green.

[Ron_Tomkins]

If there is an Intelligent Designer, he sure has poor taste for decorating. I would not ask him for advice on what color I should paint my walls.

[BillC]

That is 'magnolia (http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02_02/badtasteDM2102_468x311.jpg)' in the UK.

[rjh01]

It could also be a factor of what wavelengths we choose to include in our photo. If we were taking photos in the infrared range only then we would have a different average colour.

Here is an experiment for you. Take a typical photo and smear all the colours so that only one colour exists. You might find it is not too different from the photo linked in the OP.

[quarky]

My friend who owned a lot of rental properties used to call it "Rental Tan".

I asked my brother what color his car was. He said "plain".