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addressanotherwaytohandlethisissueusingonlythreetiles(whichismy
preference in most contexts).
First and foremost, we need to add some colors to our palette. My palette
is shown in FigureE., which I’ll take a moment to explain.
FIGURE E9.33 Our palette with some spots le for emergency.
The gradient of green will be used to create grass, trees, and shrubbery.
The gray colors to the right will be used for stones, stone walls, and/or
cement. On the bottom row I have a four-color gradient of blue that will
be used to create water. Flanking the blue on either side is yellow and pur-
ple that I plan to use for owers (and the blue