Answer/Explanation
Physical maps use color to show changes in elevation.
- A palette of greens often displays elevations.
- Dark green usually represents low-lying land, with lighter shades of green used for higher elevations.
- In the next higher elevations, physical maps often use a palette of light brown to dark brown.
- Such maps commonly use reds, white, or purples to represent the highest elevations shown on the map.
- Blues are used for water, with darker blues representing the deepest water.
- Green-gray, red, blue-gray, are used for elevations below sea level.