Overwatering or a nutrient gap

What's happening

Yellowing across many leaves at once is most often advanced overwatering, so the roots are the first thing to check. Occasionally it's a fast-growing plant that has sat in tired, unfed soil for a year or more and simply run short on nutrients — Bird of Paradise is a heavy feeder.

How to fix it

Check the soil and roots first: if they're wet or rotting, treat it as overwatering — dry the plant out, trim the mushy roots, and repot into fresh mix. If the roots are firm and healthy and it just hasn't been fed in ages, resume a balanced liquid fertilizer at half strength every couple of weeks through spring and summer to bring the color back.

This is general guidance based on common symptoms; individual plants vary.