According to him, this nearly universal pattern is camouflage.

据他说，这种近乎普遍的图案是伪装。

It helped reveal the universal patterns and rules of math that governed the world.

它帮助揭示了统治世界的数学的普遍模式和规则。

And they found hints of a universal pattern: If a language had six basic color words, they were always for black (or dark), white (or light), red, green, yellow, and blue.

他们发现了一种普遍模式的暗示：如果一种语言有六个基本颜色词，它们总是表示黑色（或深色）、白色（或浅色）、红色、绿色、黄色和蓝色。