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We study the maximization version of the fundamental graph coloring problem. Here the goal is to color the vertices of a k -colorable graph with k colors so that a maximum fraction of edges are properly colored (i.e. their endpoints receive different colors). A random k -coloring properly colors an expected fraction $1-\frac{1}{k}$ of edges. We prove that given a graph promised to be k -colorable, it is NP-hard to find a k -coloring that properly colors more than a fraction of edges. Previously, only a hardness factor of $1- O\bigl(\frac{1}{k^2}\bigr)$ was known. Our result pins down the correct asymptotic dependence of the approximation factor on k . Along the way, we prove that approximating the Maximum 3-colorable subgraph problem within a factor greater than $\frac{32}{33}$ is NP-hard. Using semidefinite programming, it is known that one can do better than a random coloring and properly color a fraction $1-\frac{1}{k} +\frac{2 \ln k}{k^2}$ of edges in polynomial time. We show that, assuming the 2-to-1 conjecture, it is hard to properly color (using k colors) more than a fraction $1-\frac{1}{k} + O\left(\frac{\ln k}{k^2}\right)$ of edges of a k -colorable graph.