Map Puzzle Online

Map is one of the classic one-player logic games in Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. Colour the map so that adjacent regions are never the same colour.

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Game Objective

Color every blank region using the four available colors. Any two regions that share an edge must have different colors; regions that only touch at a corner are allowed to share a color. The regions colored at the start are fixed clues.

Colour the map so that adjacent regions are never the same colour.

How to Play

Drag from an already colored region to a blank region to copy that color.
Drag from outside the grid into a region to erase a color you placed.
You cannot change the starting colored regions.
These puzzles reward careful deduction more than speed. Start with the most constrained clues, eliminate impossible choices step by step, and avoid guessing unless the puzzle specifically calls for it.

Beginner Tips

Start with regions that touch many neighbors; they usually have fewer legal colors.
If a blank region already touches three different colors, the fourth color is forced.
If two neighboring regions end up the same color, erase the most recent nearby choice and try the other remaining color.