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Map coloring. Topographic map of Easter Island using colors to show elevations. In cartographic design, map coloring is the act of choosing colors as a form of map symbol to be used on a map. Color is a very useful attribute to depict different features on a map. [1] Typical uses of color include displaying different political divisions ...
For maps of future elections, "hold" is used for "incumbent intent is known and is eligible, or incumbent is running for re-election", whereas "gain" is used for "incumbent is retiring/term-limited". Following this, there is an additional color used, which is also used when an election has taken place but not been called yet.
A trichrome map-coloring game in progress, on a map of the United States. On their turn, a player may choose any of the three colors to shade an unshaded state, so long as it would not share a color with a bordering state. Three states have become unshadeable, being surrounded by all three colors. Several map-coloring games are studied in ...
A four-colored map of the states of the United States (ignoring lakes and oceans) In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that no more than four colors are required to color the regions of any map so that no two adjacent regions have the same color. Adjacent means that two regions share a common boundary of ...
A proper vertex coloring of the Petersen graph with 3 colors, the minimum number possible. In graph theory, graph coloring is a special case of graph labeling; it is an assignment of labels traditionally called "colors" to elements of a graph subject to certain constraints. In its simplest form, it is a way of coloring the vertices of a graph ...
Image:BlankMap-World.png– World map, Robinson projectioncentered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstatesand island nationsare generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regionsare exhibited.
The 2000 election was not the first during which the news media used colored maps to depict voter preferences in the various states, but it was the first time the current red-blue terminology was used. In previous elections, the color assignments or even the actual colors used were often different.
Map. Physical map of Earth. Political map of Earth. A map is a symbolic depiction of relationships among objects and elements within the ambit of a given location, region, or space. Many maps are static in a manner fixed to paper or other durable medium. They otherwise may be dynamic or interactive. Although most maps are commonly used to ...