Unfortunately, this is not quite true — or at least not as black and white as it may seem.

遗憾的是，这种观点并不完全正确，或者至少不像白与黑那样分的清楚。

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Yes, it is costly, but whether you gofor violet, blue, black, green or the ethereal translucent white, you can be pretty sure that none of your neighbours will relax like you do.

它确实所费不菲，不过不论你用上紫罗兰色、蓝色、黑色、绿色或者轻盈透明的白色，邻居们都没人能像你一样轻松适意。

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I've heard that a modern variation of that saying is that it doesn't matter whether the mouse is white or black as long as it manages to avoid the cat.

我听说这句话的现代版本是这样的：“不管是黑老鼠还是白老鼠，能躲着猫就是好老鼠。”

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It is available in black or white.

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It is available in either matte black or gloss white.

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For many photographers it is one or the other, as to shoot in both colour and black and white at the same time is not something that many can achieve.

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