1. Look at the red and white roses over there.

2. Look at the red and the white roses over there.
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What is the difference between them?
The following are my explanations. Are my explanations right?

1. All the roses are red and white. There are no red roses. There are not white roses. They are all red and white.

2. Some are red roses. The others are white roses. There are no red and white roses.

I think you are right.