The leaves are driven yellow.

[Englishlanguage]

The leaves are driven yellow.

Does the sentence above mean the leaves become yellow? I guess so. But I have another question.
Is it a formal/literary style? How would you say it in an everyday-context?
Thank you in advance

[Harry Smith]

The leaves are driven yellow.

Does the sentence above mean the leaves become yellow? I guess yes. But I have another question.
Is it a formal/literary style? How would you say it in an everyday-context?
Thank you in advance

The leaves have become yellow.

[fiona bramble]

The leaves are driven yellow.

Does the sentence above mean the leaves become yellow? I guess so. But I have another question.
Is it a formal/literary style? How would you say it in an everyday-context?
Thank you in advance

I would say:
The leaves are turning yellow or have turned yellow (depending on time frame)
"driven" is being used in a poetic or literary sense here I assume (although it does sound a bit odd!)

[Englishlanguage]

I would say:
The leaves are turning yellow or have turned yellow (depending on time frame)
"driven" is being used in a poetic or literary sense here I assume (although it does sound a bit odd!)

Yes, actually I came across it in a poem (Ode to the West Wind by Shelley).
Thank you for your help

[fiona bramble]

my pleasure

[Anglika]

The leaves are driven yellow.

Does the sentence above mean the leaves become yellow? I guess so. But I have another question.
Is it a formal/literary style? How would you say it in an everyday-context?
Thank you in advance

The full quotation would have helped:

"... the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,

Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes."