ARTISTICALLY COLORED RELIEF SHADING

Strict rules do not apply to the use of color on shaded relief. Cartographers sometimes use color in a more impressionistic way to emphasize the three-dimensional appearance of shaded relief.

On maps of this kind, color changes are typically dependent on elevation, exposition and land use.

"Relief de la Suisse" (section Bernese Oberland/Goms) by E. Imhof 1982, 1:300,000. Available from swisstopo (©).

Other examples of artistically colored shaded relief:

Becker's map of Mount Rigi with yellow and a subtle touch of red-purple at the highest elevations.
Imhof's map image of Walensee.
St. Moritz by Kümmerly & Frey.
Ostervald's map of the Canton of Neuchâtel depicting the land use of his time.