  The pull vector is a jet observable sensitive to the distribution of soft
radiation controlled by the color flow in a collider event. We present
calculations to leading order in the soft and collinear limits for the pull
vector measured between pairs of jets that do not form a color-singlet dipole.
Our calculations are presented within the context of $e^+e^-\to$ three jets
events, on which pull is measured between the two subleading jets. A subset of
these calculations can be re-interpreted as a bottom--anti-bottom quark jet
pair in a color octet configuration, which can be a background to Higgs
production at large boost. We also present a universal expression for the pull
distribution in the high-boost and small jet radius limit. This distribution is
controlled by color SU(3) quadratic Casimirs that arise from product
representations of pairs of QCD jets.
