Talk:Four color theorem

I removed the following:

It has been proved that maps with countries that cover two or more non-adjacent areas (such as countries with colonies) require a maximum of twelve colours.

Either I don't understand this statement properly, or it is wrong. Suppose country #1 contains colonies of countries #2, #3,...,#n within it. Similarly, country #2 contains colonies of #1, #3,...,#n. And so on. The resulting map will need n colors. AxelBoldt 23:57 Oct 6, 2002 (UTC)