Then yellow onscreen colours would also be cheaper

It cost them most of the research budget to come to that conclusion

It cost them most of the research budget to come to that conclusion
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You can see that nicely when you highlight it.
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Sun 12 Oct 2003, 23:57,
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red x uses only red light and since your screen pumps out red green and blue then red is more economical than yellow since you have to mix colours to get yellow, red x using only one color. I would have said a black x was cheaper.
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Sun 12 Oct 2003, 23:58,
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they had low budgets, how could they possibly afford you?
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Mon 13 Oct 2003, 0:01,
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