Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mottling

1 sense of mottling

Sense 1
mottling -- (the act of coloring with areas of different shades)
       => marking -- (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mottle

2 senses of mottle

Sense 1
mottle, streak, blotch -- (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")

Sense 2
mottle, dapple, cloud -- (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)
       => spot -- (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify")