1. (

• mottle

) 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" ;

1. (

• mottle ,
• streak ,
• blotch

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

2. (

• mottle ,
• dapple ,
• cloud ,

) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades ;