
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given a tessellation consisting of hexagonal tiles arranged such that each hexagon shares sides with three others, what is the minimum number of colors required to color the tessellation so that no two adjacent hexagons share the same color?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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