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===Markings=== The {{Cuegloss|Baulk|baulk}} area is marked by a {{cuegloss|Baulk line|baulk line}} drawn on the cloth across the width of the table at {{convert|29|in|mm}} from and parallel to the face of the {{Cuegloss|Bottom cushion|bottom cushion}}.<ref name="WPBSA 2011" /> A semicircle with a radius of {{convert|11.5|in|mm}} centred on this line within baulk forms {{Cuegloss|the D|the "D"}}<ref name="WPBSA 2011" /> in which the cue ball must be placed when breaking or after the cue ball has been {{Cuegloss|Pot|potted}} or shot off the table. The position of four of {{Cuegloss|Colour ball|the colours}} are marked along the {{Cuegloss|Long string|long string}} (lengthwise centre) of the table, perpendicular to the baulk line: the {{Cuegloss|Black spot|black spot}}, {{convert|12.75|in|mm}} from the {{Cuegloss|Top cushion|top cushion}}; the {{Cuegloss|Centre spot|centre spot}} or {{Cuegloss|Blue spot|blue spot}}, located at the midpoint between the bottom and top {{Cuegloss|Cushion|cushions}}; the {{Cuegloss|Pyramid spot|pyramid spot}} or {{Cuegloss|Pink spot|pink spot}}, located midway between the centre spot and the top cushion; and the {{Cuegloss|Baulk spot|baulk spot}} or {{Cuegloss|Brown spot|brown spot}}, located at the midpoint of the baulk line<ref name="WPBSA 2011" /> (and, thus of the "D"). Due to its obviousness, the brown spot is not always marked (neither are the unmistakable {{cuegloss|Green spot|green}} and {{cuegloss|Yellow spot|yellow spots}},<ref name="WPBSA 2011" /> at the left and right intersections, respectively, of the baulk line and the "D{{"'}}s curve.<ref name="Shamos 1999" />{{rp|116, 278}}<ref name="WPBSA 2011" /> The exact placing of these markings are different on smaller tables, but proportional to the full-size model.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
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