Give your map a title, click any state to fill it with the selected color, build a legend, then download the finished map as an image.
How this tool works
The map shows all 51 states and districts of the United States, drawn from official boundary data. Pick a color from the palette, or choose your own with the custom picker, then click any state to fill it. Clicking a filled state with the same color removes the fill, and the eraser removes any fill. You can type a title above the map, and every color you use appears in the legend below it, where you can type what each color stands for. When you are done, the download button saves your map, title, and legend as a PNG image ready to share or print.
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you color is uploaded or stored anywhere, and refreshing the page starts a fresh map.
What you can do with it
- Track states you have visited, lived in, or plan to travel to
- Make simple election, sports, or survey maps with a labeled legend
- Create study aids for geography classes and quizzes
- Group states by region, time zone, or any category you invent
- Produce quick illustrative maps for blog posts, presentations, and social media
Why use it
Making a simple colored map usually means installing GIS software, wrestling with a drawing app, or signing up for a mapping service that wants an account before you can click anything. Most of the time you just want to shade a handful of states and districts and get an image out. This tool solves that: no signup, no software, no watermark. Open the page, color the states and districts, download the file.
Data sources
- Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (1:20,000,000 scale, 2023 vintage), shown in an equal area projection.