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1. Having spots or patches of colour
   "the cut surface was mottled"
   - dappled

1. Mark with spots or blotches of different colour or shades of colour as if stained
   - streak, blotch
    
2. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
   - dapple, cloud

See also: mottling, patterned

Type of: color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], spot

Encyclopedia: Mottle