Quote Originally Posted by Tiana View Post
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Every single map of it is either impossible colors or garish oversaturated versions of the colors you expect.

Great answer.
I like the lore explaining the need for vivid colors, so I´m not gonna argue anything there.
Knowing that, I would suggest looking into ways of showing the lore on the map. Make us understand the significance of the use of colors in the drawing (since the text might not always accompany the map). That could be map-markers, names, colorspecific regions etc.
You could also expand on the idea that these maps are made for a particular eye spectrum, and make it even harder to read. Same as colorblind people have difficulty reading certain color combinations.
If you are going for a ancient/old world I would also concider sligthly altering the colors to fit that timeperiod. I think there is a difference to fx the purple used in Napoleonic times and the purple we have available now.