Topographical Maps
The Survey of India used seven standard colours to depict the distributional pattern of land use on topographic sheets.
1. Red colour - For buildings and roads.
2. Yeliow colour - For cultivated area.
3. Green colour - For forests.
4. Blue colour - For water bodies.
5. Black colour - For lettering boundaries and railways.
6. Brown colour - For contours.
7. Grey colour - For hill-shading.
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