The Beauty of Autumn There’s no doubt that fall is a beautiful and exciting season. Perhaps the most striking feature of autumn is the changing of the leaves from shades of green to oranges, yellows, reds and purples. But why does this happen? The changing of leaves is influenced by many different environmental factors such as decreasing sunlight, decreasing food supply and colder temperatures. Three main pigments are present in the color change--- chlorophyll, which is impor