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Why does sun Tzu name the five primary colors as blue, yellow, red, white, and black in The Art of War?
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Link to the full text of The Art of War: http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
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- There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
8. There are not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
- There are not more than five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.
I'm in the middle of reading The Art of War and I was curious if there's any significance to why he would have believed the five primary colors to be BYRWB. I've always known the primary colors to be RGB. Surely someone must know why/if it's changed.
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