Map coloring facts for kids
Colors are used to show the altitude, on Easter Island
Map of the United States. Colors are used to show the different states.
Map coloring is a term used for two different concepts: In geography and mapmaking it is used to say that colors are assigned to certain areas on a map. Examples of this are coloring that show the countries or divisions of a country, but also to visualize other data, for example the altitude. The other use is in mathematics: There it is used to describe the problem of finding the minimal number of colors needed to color a given map.
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A map of the United States using colors to show political divisions using the four color theorem.
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