| VERB | creation | mottle, streak, blotch | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained |
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| change | mottle, dapple, cloud | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | |
| NOUN | attribute | mottle | an irregular arrangement of patches of color |
| Meaning | An irregular arrangement of patches of color. | |
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| Example | "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" | |
| Broader | color, colour, coloring, colouring | A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect |
| Meaning | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | streak, blotch | |
| Broader | color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
| Spanish | manchar | |
| Nouns | mottling | the act of coloring with areas of different shades |
| Meaning | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | dapple, cloud | |
| Narrower | harlequin | variegate with spots or marks |
| stipple, speckle | produce a mottled effect | |
| Broader | spot | mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition |
| Nouns | mottling | the act of coloring with areas of different shades |
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