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What do the colors mean on maps?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Most of the time, maps use colour just to increase the contrast between countries, to make it easier to see where the boundaries are. However, it is possible to use colours for various purposes. During the Cold War era, it was quite common to see maps in which all the communist countries were colored red.

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