Synonyms for mottle

Synonyms for (noun) mottle

Synonyms: mottle

Definition: an irregular arrangement of patches of color

Usage: it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green

Similar words: color, coloring, colour, colouring

Definition: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Usage: a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light


Synonyms for (verb) mottle

Synonyms: dapple, mottle, cloud

Definition: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Similar words: spot

Definition: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition

Usage: spot the areas that one should clearly identify


Synonyms: streak, blotch, mottle

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

Similar words: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize

Definition: add color to

Usage: The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film


Visual thesaurus for mottle