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A 3-consecutive C-coloring of a graph G = (V,E) is a mapping φ:V → ℕ such that every path on three vertices has at most two colors. We prove general estimates on the maximum number ${\left(\chi ̅\right)}_{3CC}\left(G\right)$ of colors in a 3-consecutive C-coloring of G, and characterize the structure of connected graphs with ${\left(\chi ̅\right)}_{3CC}\left(G\right)\ge k$ for k = 3 and k = 4.