The colored text was the quote from Nyer.
There is no colored text in NYer’s post that I can see. But I haven’t been myself since I got my bifocals.
As far as I can tell, NYer was paraphrasing an discussion in a book, in which the book’s author mentioned an interpretation attributed to someone else. (Some “Lemann Brothers,” whoever they are.) Since none of us has the exact words of the interpretation from its source, it seems a bit dubious to argue over it.