1. The act of colouring with areas of different shades

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

Derived forms: mottlings

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

Encyclopedia: Mottle

• doest
• doeth
• doff
• dog
• dog bent
• dog biscuit
• dog bite
• dog breeding
• dog catcher
• dog collar
• dog days
• dog do
• dog fennel
• warming
• warming pan
• warmish
• warmly
• warmness
• warmonger
• warmongering
• warmth
• warn
• warner
• warning
• warning bell