mottle

noun

  1. 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

verb

  1. 1

    colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

  2. 2

    mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

Synonyms

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