The explanation for why autumn leaves put on such a display has to do with cooling weather and
a drop in the chlorophyll that usually hides the other pigments of a leaf; the vivid colors were there all along, but green rules the roost as long as photosynthesis is happening.
This year's event, while it caused
a drop in chlorophyll primarily along the equator, was much less severe for the coastal phytoplankton population.
Not exact matches
Consuming
chlorophyll drops or foods rich
in chlorophyll (leafy greens and green vegetables) improves liver health and provides antioxidant support.
Waugh also uses real food
in her rainbow creations, including beet juice, turmeric,
chlorophyll drops, spirulina powder, freeze dried blueberry powder, and freeze dried strawberry and raspberry powder.
And as winter sets
in, leaves become red, orange and yellow because the quantity of red absorbing
chlorophyll is
dropped in favor of violet absorbing
chlorophyll (more bang for your metabolic buck).