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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to part of a lecture in a studio art class.
旁白：听一段工作室艺术的讲座。
第2段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->OK... As-as you probably know, primary colors are, theoretically speaking, the basic colors from which all other colors can be made.
教授：好了，你们大概也知道，理论上说，原色即能造出其它颜色的基础色。
2 .But as you'll find out when you start working on your painting projects, the three primary colors-red, blue, yellow-don't always make the best secondary colors.
但当你在做你的绘画项目时，你们应该会发现，三原色---红、蓝、黄---它们不总能造出最好的间色。
3 .Combining red and blue, you'll probably never get a fantastic violet.
把红和蓝混合，很有可能你得不到很漂亮的紫色。
4 .To get a nice violet, you'll have to add white.
要想调出很美的紫色，你还要加白色。
5 .Combining yellow and blue, you'll almost never get a satisfactory green.
把黄和蓝混合，你很可能永远都得不出一个令人满意的绿色。
6 .You're better off using a pure green pigment...
你还不如用纯绿色颜料调呢。
7 .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---即红黄蓝是（三）原色的概念---直到200年前才出现。
8 .Until then, the dominant theory about color was one that had been proposed by Isaac Newton.
此前，关于颜色的主流理论是艾萨克·牛顿提出的。
第3段
1 .Newton gave a scientific and objective explanation of colors.
牛顿对颜色做出了科学且客观的解释。
2 .He used a prism to break white light down into the various colors of the spectrum, and he theorized-rightly so-that different colors are essentially different wavelengths of light.
他用棱镜把白光分解成光谱上不同颜色的光，然后他提出理论---不同的颜色本质上是不同波长的光。
3 .But he made no mention of "primary" colors.
但他完全没有提及原色。
4 .That idea came from- or was at least published by-a man named Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
这个概念是由约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德提出的，或至少说是由他出版的。
第4段
1 .Goethe was a well-known author; he wrote many famous novels, plays, poems... So why did he start thinking about colors?
歌德是一位著名作家；他写了很多著名小说、戏剧和诗歌...那么他为什么会开始思考颜色呢？
2 .Well, Goethe was part of the Romantic movement in Western literature... and he was a Romantic through-and-through, meaning that he explained objects and phenomena in terms of the spiritual, emotional impact they had, as opposed to explaining them in terms of their scientific nature; he rejected an objective understanding of color in favor of a more subjective understanding.
歌德也参与了西方文学界的浪漫主义运动，他自己就是彻彻底底的浪漫主义者，也就是说，他解释事物和现象时，往往从精神、或情感影响层面出发，以反对那些从科学本质层面来解释事物现象的理论，他不接受对颜色的客观理解，更支持主观理解。
3 .He believed that when we see color, it stimulates our emotions.
他认为当我们看见颜色，情感就被激发出来。
4 .And different colors appeal to or inspire different emotions in different people.
不同的颜色对不同的人能激发不同的情感。
第5段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->That sounds like psychology.
学生：听起来很像心理学。
第6段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well, color theory is used in psychology too; some psychologists do use their field's version of color theory to diagnose and treat patients...
教授：颜色理论也应用在心理学中；一些心理学家会运用心理学中的颜色理论来诊断并治疗病人。
2 .Um, anyway, Goethe conducted a number of experiments trying to figure out which colors corresponded to which emotions...
不管怎样，歌德做了一系列实验以找出什么颜色对应什么情绪。
3 .And, in terms of that goal, he wasn't very successful.
以此目的来说，他不怎么成功。
4 .But... his experiments actually did show a lot about the relationships between colors themselves, about how colors change when placed next to other colors, about how they interact with one another.
但他的实验确实发现了颜色本身之间的联系，即当一种颜色放在另一种颜色旁时，会有什么变化，颜色之间是怎么相互作用的。
5 .Scientists studying optics and chromatics today still marvel at his findings...
今天研究光学和色彩学的科学家们仍惊叹于他的发现。
6 .But Goethe wasn't really able to establish a clear connection between colors and emotions.
但歌德并不能在色彩与情绪之间建立起清晰的联系。
第7段
1 .Then, in 1806, he received a letter from a relatively unknown German artist, a painter named Philipp Otto Runge.
在1806年，他收到一封信，来自一位相对无名的德国艺术家，这位画家叫菲利普·奥托·朗格。
2 .In the letter, Runge outlined his own color theory, specifically the connections he made between colors and emotions.
在信中，朗格概述了自己的颜色理论，特别是他建立的色彩与情绪之间的联系。
3 .And his ideas about what colors symbolized, a-about the emotions that different colors inspired were based on the colors red, yellow, and blue.
他关于颜色象征的思想，关于不同的颜色所能激起不同情绪的理论，是基于红、黄、蓝这些颜色的。
4 .Runge's choice of red, yellow, and blue had nothing to do with what we know from modern-day chromatics-it had to do with Runge's complex system of symbolism, his experience of nature, particularly with his experience of the quality of light at various times of the day- morning, noon, and night.
朗格选择红黄蓝，和现代色彩学理论没什么关系，而是与朗格自己关于象征主义的复杂系统有关，他对自然的体验，尤其是对一天中不同时间的不同光亮的体验，比如早上、中午和晚上。
5 .So each color had a specific symbolic value.
每种颜色都有特殊的象征价值。
6 .Well, four years later, Goethe published a book entitled Color Lesson.
四年后，歌德出版了一本叫《色彩课》的书。
7 .In Color Lesson, Goethe [lightly sarcastic] coincidentally cites the same colors as primary colors.
在《色彩课》中，歌德恰好把同种色彩称为原色。
8 .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.
此时歌德已经是个很有名的作家了，他很容易就把原色的概念推广出去，特别是把红、黄、蓝作为（三）原色的概念推广出去。
第8段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->But he didn't mention Runge?
学生：他没有提到朗格？
第9段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well, he did put Runge's letter in the book, at the end. But he added a disclaimer, implying that Runge's letter didn't influence his work.
教授：他把朗格的信收入书的末页了。但他附上了一封免责声明，暗示朗格的信对他的作品没有影响。
2 .[Sarcastic] Apparently, what Goethe was saying was that they just happened to come up with the same theory at the same time.
很明显，歌德声称，他们只是恰好同一时间想出了同样的理论罢了。