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For finite $S\subset \mathbb{Z}$, use vertices $\mathbb{Z}$ and hyperedges $S+t$. Independent uniform $k$-coloring gives missing-color probability at most $k{e}^{-|S|/k}$, and the dependency graph of events has degree at most $|S|(|S|-1)$. For $k\ge 20$ and $|S|\ge 6k\log k$, the symmetric Lovász local lemma condition holds. The compactness extension of the Lovász local lemma gives a coloring in which every translate contains every color.

A colouring is polychromatic with $r$ colours if every hypergraph edge contains a vertex of every colour. This is stronger than requiring every edge to be nonmonochromatic. Under independent uniform colours, a $k$-element edge misses at least one of three colours with probability $3(2/3{)}^k-3(1/3{)}^k$. If each edge meets at most $m$ other edges, the edge-intersection dependency graph of events and the Lovász local lemma therefore give a polychromatic three-colouring whenever $e(m+1)[3(2/3{)}^k-3(1/3{)}^k]\le 1$.

Maintain lists of available colours, tentatively colour small random portions, erase conflicts and prune colours used by neighbours. In a triangle-free graph, a vertex's neighbours form an independent set, which enables local estimates. Track list size and average remaining neighbour congestion per colour; prune unusually congested colours before the next round. Concentration and the Lovász local lemma preserve these invariants until lists have enough slack for completion. Tracking averages matters because triangle-free graphs can still contain many four-cycles and need not have uniform per-colour congestion.