Let m(n, r) denote the minimal number of edges in an n-uniform hypergraph which is not r-colorable.For the broad history of the problem see [9]. It is known [3] that for a fixed n the sequence m(n, r) r n has a limit.The only trivial case is n = 2 in which m(2, r) = r+1 2 . In this note we focus on the case n = 3. First, we compare the existing methods in this case and then improve the lower bound.