Fall Colors Word Search

About this puzzle

The colors of fall foliage and the warm palette of autumn: reds (crimson, scarlet, burgundy), oranges and browns (russet, chestnut, copper, bronze, sienna, ochre, hazel) and yellows (amber, golden), plus the maple leaf that can show many of them at once. Because so many of these words share letters and shapes, this is one of the trickiest Hard grids in the library.

The default layout is Hard on a 15×15 grid. Easy, Medium and Hard each use their own checked layout of the same words, and every one can be printed in standard or large print on US Letter or A4.

Word notes

Foliage

The leaves of plants; in autumn, as green chlorophyll breaks down, yellow and orange pigments that were there all along become visible.

Crimson

A deep red whose name traces back to a red dye made from insects.

Amber

Named after fossilized tree resin, which has a golden-orange glow.

Russet

A reddish-brown color.

Ochre

An earthy yellow-brown pigment.

Burgundy

A deep purplish red named after the wine of the Burgundy region of France.

Sienna

A brownish pigment named after the Italian city of Siena.

Scarlet

A bright red with a hint of orange.

Try this after the puzzle

Collect fallen leaves and match each one to a color word from the list — you may find crimson, amber and russet on a single tree. Artists can mix paints to create ochre, sienna and burgundy. Writers can describe a fall scene using five color words.

All 14 words

Foliage · Crimson · Amber · Golden · Maple Leaf · Russet · Chestnut · Copper · Ochre · Burgundy · Hazel · Sienna · Bronze · Scarlet