What do the three (red, black, white) colored switches on manual typewriters mean?

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Gosh it’s been so long, but as I remember from my childhood(!) is that on the black setting the black part of the ribbon moved infront of the key and the letter typed black. Same follows for red. When it was on white, no part of the ribbon was struck. Yes, it was so you could use the correction tape without the ribbon being involved.

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