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The bipartite cubic graph with vertices $A_i,B_i$, $i\in \mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z}$, and edges $A_i{B}_i,A_i{B}_{i+1},A_i{B}_{i-2}$. The three offsets give a Tait coloring.

A proper three-color edge coloring of a cubic graph. Label its colors by the nonzero elements of ${\mathbb{F}}_2^2$: the incident colors at each vertex then sum to zero. On a planar map without bridges in a graph, integrating these labels on the dual graph gives a four-color face coloring. On a torus, a nonzero period can obstruct this integration.