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mottle

Meaning

verb

  1. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
  2. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

noun

  1. an irregular arrangement of patches of color
    “it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green”

Synonyms for mottle

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