change color
idiom
of leaves
: to turn from green to orange, yellow, red, etc.
Now that it's September, the leaves are starting to change color.
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Bad lakes, believed to be inhabited by powerful spirits, are difficult to get to, have no fish, often change color, and are associated with death and destruction.
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
As sure as the leaves change color, cozy and stylish (or both) boots make their appearance every fall.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1982 in the northern Italian town of Ravarino by designer Massimo Osti, Stone Island is known for its garment-dyeing expertise and technical fabrics, seen via products like its thermo-sensitive jackets, which change color in response to temperature.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
That unique environment becomes all the more apparent when the leaves begin to change color in the fall.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
As sure as the leaves change color, cozy and stylish (or both) boots make their appearance every fall.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1982 in the northern Italian town of Ravarino by designer Massimo Osti, Stone Island is known for its garment-dyeing expertise and technical fabrics, seen via products like its thermo-sensitive jackets, which change color in response to temperature.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
That unique environment becomes all the more apparent when the leaves begin to change color in the fall.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for change color
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“Change color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20color. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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