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。

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.

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除了对面孔感兴趣这点之外，三原色对于几乎所有人都比较特殊，因为我们的眼睛就是围绕三原色运作的。

In addition to our interest in faces, there's something special about primary colors for nearly all of us, because it's an artifact of the way our eyes work.

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明确这一点，要比得到七十种色彩的颜料更有价值——因为，用三原色、黑与白，可以创造出的色调和变化远超七十种。

And having a clear notion of this is worth more than 70 different colors of paint — because with those three principal colors and black and white, one can make more than 70 tones and varieties.

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