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.
Examples of change color in a Sentence
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What captivated him then were chameleons—reptiles that change color for camouflage or to indicate excitation, rivalry, or submission.
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Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
This bed does appear to change color in different lights, so be warned.
—Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
The way that chameleons change color is not that different from the way birds and butterflies manage to show very vibrant colors on their wings.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Don’t play slow; these deals are constantly shifting and worth acting on before the leaves change color and the pins get pulled.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
The researchers sandwiched an electrochromic polymer—a substance that can change color with electricity—between layers of transparent wood coated with an electrode polymer to conduct electricity.
—Jude Coleman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
So the researchers wanted the molecular binding to make the plant do something visibly obvious: change color.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
Fall is the time for going back to school, watching the leaves change color, ordering pumpkin spice everything, and for Utah’s major performing arts groups to launch their new seasons.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
Two years ago, pike, a normally solitary fish, were spotted looking for food near the incubators in packs of 20 fish, while some males appear to change color in order to look like females and get closer to them during reproductive season.
—Vittoria Traverso, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
This bed does appear to change color in different lights, so be warned.
—Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
The way that chameleons change color is not that different from the way birds and butterflies manage to show very vibrant colors on their wings.
—Eva Amsen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Don’t play slow; these deals are constantly shifting and worth acting on before the leaves change color and the pins get pulled.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
The researchers sandwiched an electrochromic polymer—a substance that can change color with electricity—between layers of transparent wood coated with an electrode polymer to conduct electricity.
—Jude Coleman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
So the researchers wanted the molecular binding to make the plant do something visibly obvious: change color.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
Fall is the time for going back to school, watching the leaves change color, ordering pumpkin spice everything, and for Utah’s major performing arts groups to launch their new seasons.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
Two years ago, pike, a normally solitary fish, were spotted looking for food near the incubators in packs of 20 fish, while some males appear to change color in order to look like females and get closer to them during reproductive season.
—Vittoria Traverso, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
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