![]() Why do these trees show these particular fall colors? What pigments provide those colors, and why do we only see them in the fall? These and the answers to other questions are addressed below. The pictures below were taken by myself on October 23rd of this year of a sugar maple in Boone and you can see that the shaded leaves were yellow, while those exposed to full sun were orange-red. For many sugar maples, that yellow soon gives way to a fiery orange, especially in those leaves that receive the most sunlight. Some Tree Species Always Have Yellow to Orange Leaves in the FallĮach fall, the leaves of sugar and striped maples, hickories, beeches, birches, tulip poplars all turn a brilliant yellow color. It focuses on the simple question of why some turn yellow and orange before they fall off and die. In fact, when you think about in the larger context, every essay about fall colors is about death in some form. But even without the philosophical implications, we can learn much about life by studying death. That there can be such joy in celebrating the death of something is a curious aspect of life worthy of a philosopher's attention. ![]() It's sometimes hard to remember that the beauty we see in fall colors is the result of the death of a tree's leaves.
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