“Although it can take fewer, it never takes more than four colors to make a map”, says J. J. “But I will not paint my map according to the lines, and I will allow my colors to mix together to create more than the four I start with. I can still see the outlines of the states and the countries, as well as their stenciled names, but the boundaries are blurring into variegation.” — “That’s no map of Plunderland”, says Don Q. “I don’t see color, so a map of the great country I rule only needs one color, white, and that should be the color of the whole wide white world.” (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 14 August 2026)

J. J. and the four-color map; Don Q and the one-color map