Why is South Korea painted same color as China?
A. Each region is given a colour scheme which allows it to be identified. As Japan is a separate region it as a very different colour. The colour for Eastern Asia is green, so all territories in that region are coloured different shades of the same type of green. After this the particular shade of colouring is decided with the simple aim of keeping territories coloured differently to their immediate neighbours so that they can be easily distinguished from one another. For example Ethiopia and Tanzania are the same colour because they are in the same region (Southeastern Africa) but do not share a border. As South Korea does not border with China, we are able to give it a similar colour to China (although they are actually slightly different shades). See Appendix C for information about how regions are formed.
