Map Coloring

Map coloring is the act of assigning different colors to different features on a map.   There are two very different uses of this term.  The first is in cartography, choosing the colors to be used when producing a map.   The second is in mathematics, where the problem is to determine the minimum number of colors needed to color a map so that no two adjacent features have the same color.

Here are three Map Coloring activities:

Map Coloring Activity #1
(Introduction to Coloring Math Maps)

Map Coloring Activity #2
(Four Difficult Maps to Color)

Map Coloring Activity #3
(Map of the United States)

Map Coloring Activity #4 (Maps made up of Rectangles)

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher