2023 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 20

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Each square in a $3\times 3$ grid of squares is colored red, white, blue, or green so that every $2\times 2$ square contains one square of each color. One such coloring is shown on the right below. How many different colorings are possible? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/983461753457373184/1172204507476791306/image.png?ex=655f7785&is=654d0285&hm=93918312ff6b30742eebf2e4d294bacb8228255f096a3d9513a401a273240a10& \[\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }48\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }96\]

Solution 1 Overcounting