Question

How would I color these 2 knots?
(Tricolorability)

Answer 1

So after reading about this, it sounds like you want to make sure you have different colors happening around the intersections of the string.

Answer 2

yes to be tricolorable it must follow these 2 rules:
1. At least two colors must be used, and

2. At each crossing, the three incident strands are either all the same color or all different colors.

Answer 3

I think I've got the 1st 1 down but idk about the 2nd

Answer 4

is this right? Therefore not tricolor able