brindled
Tawny with streaks
Brindled describes an animal's coat marked with streaks or spots of a darker color over a lighter base, typically brown or gray with darker brown or black markings: a brindled pit bull, the brindled hide of a Great Dane.
The pattern appears most often in dogs and cattle.
Also spelled brindle, which doubles as a noun for the coloring itself.
Marked with bands
- stripedHaving contrasting bands
- tawnyWarm brownish-yellow hue
- grizzledStreaked with gray
- dappledMarked with spots
mottled · flecked · spotted · speckled · pied · variegated · marbled · blotched
Large, powerful guard breed
Tending to interrupt order
- crypticObscure in meaning
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- patterningSystematic arrangement creation
- blendingCombining into uniformity
countershading · mimicry · grassland · savanna · undergrowth · dappled · shadowed · broken
streaked
Marked with bands
dappled · mottled · flecked · spotted · speckled · pied · variegated · marbled · blotched · patchy
mastiff
Large, powerful guard breed
bulldog · cur · hound · steer · heifer · bull · cat · tabby · tiger · hyena
disruptive
Tending to interrupt order
- crypticObscure in meaning
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- patterningSystematic arrangement creation
blending · countershading · mimicry · grassland · savanna · undergrowth · dappled · shadowed · broken · natural
coarse
Rough in texture
glossy · short-haired · smooth · bristled · dense · layered · wavy
- patternspattern, chevron, geometric pattern, stripes, plaid
- colorationpigment, pigmentation, hue, tint, saturation
- spotted patternspolka dots, spotted, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked
- animal markingsspots, stripes, rings, patches, bands
- fur texturessilky, fluffy, coarse, wiry, curly
brindledplain
Basic and unremarkable
unpatterned · solid · uniform · monochrome · unmarked