dappled
Patched with light
Dappled describes a surface marked with spots or patches of different colors or shades, especially light and shadow: dappled sunlight filtered through the leaves, a dappled gray mare.
The word suggests an attractive, natural mottling rather than uniform pattern.
Dapple works as both noun and verb: the dapple of light on water, shadows dappled the forest floor.
Seen or patterned
- fleckedSpotted with small marks
- speckledDotted with small marks
- stippledMarked with small dots
- blotchedMarked with irregular spots
splotched · freckled · marbled · brindled · piebald · pinto · roan · calico
Overhead protective covering
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- groveSmall stand of trees
- gladeWoodland's open space
woodland · forest · filtering · shadows · boughs · arboreal · sylvan · understory
Spotted coat equine breed
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- flea-bittenWorn, shabby, infested
- bayPartially enclosed water
- palominoGold horse, light mane
fleabitten · paint · pony · mare · stallion · horse · equine · hide
Fabric scraps sewn together
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- checkeredPatterned in squares
- tessellatedCovered in fitted shapes
- harlequinMasked comic servant character
kaleidoscopic · multicolored · polychromatic · motley · variegation · particolored · iridescent · opalescent
spotted
Seen or patterned
blotched · splotched · freckled · marbled · brindled · piebald · pinto · roan · calico · tortoiseshell
canopy
Overhead protective covering
glade · woodland · forest · filtering · shadows · boughs · arboreal · sylvan · understory · clearing
Appaloosa
Spotted coat equine breed
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- flea-bittenWorn, shabby, infested
- bayPartially enclosed water
palomino · fleabitten · paint · pony · mare · stallion · horse · equine · hide · fur
patchwork
Fabric scraps sewn together
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- checkeredPatterned in squares
- tessellatedCovered in fitted shapes
harlequin · kaleidoscopic · multicolored · polychromatic · motley · variegation · particolored · iridescent · opalescent · prismatic
concealment
Act of hiding something
stealth · hide · masking · covert · leopard · jaguar · fawn · undergrowth · predator · prey
- pattern descriptorsstriped, spotted, checkered, plaid, floral
- spotted patternspolka dots, spotted, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked
- dotted patternsspotted, stippled, flecked, speckled, polka dot
- animal coatscoat, fur, undercoat, hide, fleece
- lighting conditionspitch black, dim, dusky, twilight, half-light
- Impressionist Art Termshazy, atmospheric, luminous, painterly, shimmering
dappleduniform
Identical throughout
solid · plain · unpatterned · unspotted · unmarked
dappledmonochrome
Single-color rendering
monochromatic · uncolored · flat · unvaried · homogeneous
- dappled lightSpotted sunbeams through gaps
- dapple grayMottled grayish horse coat