As you probably know, primary colors are, theoretically speaking, the basic colors from which all other colors can be made.

正如你可能知道的，从理论上讲，原色是所有其他颜色形成的基础色。

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At this point, Goethe was already a well-known author, so he was easily able to popularize this idea of primary colors, and specifically the idea of red, yellow and blue as THE primary colors.

此时，歌德已经是位很有名的作家了，所以他能很容易就把原色的概念推广出去，特别是把红、黄、蓝作为“三原色”的概念并加以推广。

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The idea of primary colors, and specifically the idea of red, yellow and blue being the primary colors, didn't exist until about 200 years ago.

原色的概念，特别是以红色、黄色和蓝色作为原色的概念，是直到大约200年前才出现的。

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If Primary Colors moves American movies a step deeper into that complicated moral territory, then hooray for Hollywood.

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Blackmailing an opponent, the step that Henry Fonda rejects in The Best Man, doesn't bother Jack Stanton in Primary Colors.

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The Google logo, on the other hand, is iconic itself, using a series of primary colors and simple font to read.

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