black spots
Scattered dark blemishes
Black spots are dark-colored marks or blemishes on a surface.
The term applies broadly: fungal diseases on roses, age spots on skin, marks on fruit indicating decay.
Figuratively, a black spot is a place or aspect associated with danger or trouble: This intersection is a black spot for accidents.
In *Treasure Island*, pirates delivered a black spot as a death sentence.
- markVisible impression or sign
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- stainLasting surface discoloration
- coffee stainsBrown spots from spilled brew
- floatersVisual field debris
spot · blotch · pigmentation · sun damage · fungi · patch · defect · flaw · blackheads · discoloration · melasma · mold · rotten apple · speckles · acne · blemish · dot · dead pixels
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
- plant problemsroot rot, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, wilting, yellow leaves
- Dairy Cattlemilk production, dairy farm, udder, cow, milking
- Bantustanshomelands
black spotssolid color
Single unbroken hue
spotless · unmarked · monochrome · unspotted · unblemished
black spotsbright spots
Encouraging exceptions
clean record · highlights · strengths · achievements · merits
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