1. to mark with spots or blotches of different colors or shades

1. a spot or blotch of color

Examples

• The artist mottled the canvas with various shades of blue and green.
• Age had mottled his skin with brown spots.
• The snake’s skin was mottled with dark and light patches.
• Sunlight filtering through leaves mottled the forest floor.
• Each mottle on the bird’s feathers was perfectly placed.
• The old photograph showed mottles of discoloration.
• Rain mottled the dusty car windshield with clean streaks.