When the coloring conditions are assembled, such as rapid growing cold at night, decreasing of underground moisture content by dryness of the air and intensifying of the direct rays of the sun, the existence of tannin in the leaves produces anthocyan.

Turning red : by produced anthocyan

komine-kaede (Acer micranthum), kohauchiwa kaede (Acer sieboldianum), megusurinoki (Acer nikoense), etc.

Turning yellow : by outstanding carotenoid

hitotsuba-kaede (Acer distylum), itaya-kaede (Acer mono), chidorinoki (Acer carpinifolium), mine-kaede (Acer tschonoskii), etc.

Turning both red, orange and yellow

Irohamomiji (Acer palmatum) , Ohmomiji (Acer amoenum), Yamamomiji (Acer matsumurae) , Hauchiwakaede (Acer japonicum)

In species other than those mentioned above, such as iroha momiji (Acer palmatum), o-momiji(A.amoenum),etc, some have both red leaves and yellow leaves on a tree, some have red leaves in one place and yellow leaves in another place, and some have leaves whose colors are between red and yellow, owing to the difference of climatic factors or physiographic factors, such as location on the north side or on the south side of the mountains, etc.

Acer pycnanthum, Kaure Aichi	Acer amoenum, Mt. Chausu Nagano
Acer micranthum, Misakubo Shizuoka	Acer sieboldianum, Mt. Chausu

Acer japonicum, Misakubo, Shizuoka	Acer sieboldianum, Mt.Chausu
Acer tenuifolium, Mt.Chausu, Nagano side	Acer shirasawanum, Mt.Yakushi, Yamanashi

Acer rufinerve, Tadeshina Nagano	Acer capillipes, the Aokuzure pass, Nagano
Acer nikoense, my garden Hamamatsu	Acer carpinifolium, the Hyogoshi pass, Nagano

Acer tschonoskii var. australe the Shirabiso pass, Nagano	Acer micranthum Mt. Chausu, Aichi side
Acer tschonoskii Mt. Mizugaki, Yamanashi	Acer tschonoskii Komagane, Nagano