JigsawAutumn Colours Puzzles
Autumn Colours puzzles show the fall foliage of the world in its most colourful season, when forests, parks and temple gardens turn red, orange and gold. They are ideal for a cosy, relaxing session as the days grow shorter.
Hoia-Baciu Forest in Autumn, near Cluj-Napoca
Tree-Lined Lane in a Paris Cemetery in Autumn
Autumn Path through a Historic Paris Cemetery
Burg Eltz among Autumn Trees
Golden Vineyard in Autumn, Kelowna
Totem Pole among Autumn Leaves, Vancouver
Habitat 67 in Autumn, Montreal
Golden Larches on Pocaterra Ridge, Kananaskis
Golden Larches in Banff National Park
Mount Chephren and Waterfowl Lake in Autumn
Seal Island Bridge in Autumn, Cape Breton
Autumn Forest at Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
Autumn River in the Cape Breton Highlands
Autumn above a Lake in Saguenay, Quebec
Church of Saint-Casimir in Autumn, Quebec
Horses and Autumn Maples near North Hatley
North Hatley on Lake Massawippi in Autumn
Mount Royal Chalet in Autumn, Montreal
Beaver Lake on Mount Royal in Autumn, Montreal
Chaudière Falls Suspension Bridge in Autumn, Lévis
Autumn Road on Île d’Orléans
Château Frontenac above the Old Port in Autumn
Montmorency Falls in Autumn, Quebec City
Autumn Sunset over the Hills of Grands-Jardins
About Autumn Colours
The colours appear when trees stop making chlorophyll, the green pigment they use to turn sunlight into food. As the green fades, yellow and orange pigments that were there all along begin to show, and some trees, such as maples, also make new red pigments in their leaves. Cool, sunny days and chilly nights bring out the brightest reds. Each puzzle comes with a short text about the place where it was taken.
Canada is one of the best places in the world to see the fall colours, and the red maple leaf on its flag comes from these forests. In Ontario and Quebec, in places such as Algonquin Park, Mont-Tremblant and Charlevoix, sugar and red maples turn scarlet and orange from late September to mid-October, and in Nova Scotia the fall foliage reaches the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island a little later. In the Rocky Mountains of Alberta the fall is gold instead: larch season in Banff and Kananaskis comes in September, when the larches and aspens turn yellow.
Tip for autumn puzzles: sort the leaves by colour, from red to orange to yellow, and use paths, bridges and tree trunks as lines to build the picture around.