What is the meaning of mottle?

noun

  • 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"

verb

  • Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
  • Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
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