AMC 10 2021a Problem 25

How many ways are there to place $3$ indistinguishable red chips, $3$ indistinguishable blue chips, and $3$ indistinguishable green chips in the squares of a $3 \times 3$ grid so that no two chips of the same color are directly adjacent to each other, either vertically or horizontally? $\textbf{(A)} ~12 \textbf{(B)} ~18 \textbf{(C)} ~24 \textbf{(D)} ~30 \textbf{(E)} ~36$