What colors represent different landforms on physical maps?

The relief on the general geographic map is depicted using different colors. Color decoding is located in the map legend in the terrain designation scale. Colors ranging from dark green to dark brown are used in mapping. The lowest places of the planet are depicted in dark green, plains and hills are depicted in various shades of light green. Highlands and mountain systems are depicted in colors ranging from light to dark brown. The darker the color, the higher the height of the mountains above sea level.