leaf color
Chlorophyll's visible result
The color of a leaf, which changes with seasons and health.
Green dominates during growing seasons when chlorophyll is active.
In autumn, leaves turn yellow, orange, red, or brown as chlorophyll breaks down and other pigments emerge: The leaf color this fall is spectacular.
Leaf color also helps identify plant species and diagnose nutrient deficiencies.
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- fallDescend under gravity
- peak seasonBusiest commercial period
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
pigment · crimson · golden · russet · amber · warm tones · scarlet · turning · deciduous · maple · sugar maple · canopy · tree line · nature walk · vibrant · hue · fading · green
- autumn leavesrusset, autumn hues, deciduous, shedding, defoliation
- garden color designmuted tones
- seasonal cyclesbloom, blooming, budding, dormancy, emergence
- nature signstree rings, bird migration, animal behavior, cloud formations, rainbow
- fall signsmigration, harvest, frost formation, cooling, apple picking
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering