flecks
Small color patches
Flecks are small spots or specks, typically of color or light: flecks of gold in her eyes, flecks of paint on the floor.
The word suggests scattered, irregular marks rather than a pattern.
To fleck is to mark with such spots: Gray flecked his beard.
Minute spots or particles
- spotsDetects or marks
- dotsSmall circular marks
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
fragments · crumbs · granules · flakes · droplets · dust · debris · shavings
Spots of contrasting color
- mottlePattern of irregular spots
- spotMark or location
- blotchIrregular colored mark
- patchMaterial covering damage
streak · marble · variegate · pigment · stipple · freckle · sprinkle · scatter
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- stippleMark with small dots
- pointillismDot-based art technique
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- grainyRough with particles
gritty · variegated · pebbled · nubby · roughness · granular · dotted · pocked
specks
Minute spots or particles
particles · fragments · crumbs · granules · flakes · droplets · dust · debris · shavings · residue
dapple
Spots of contrasting color
patch · streak · marble · variegate · pigment · stipple · freckle · sprinkle · scatter · peppering
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- stippleMark with small dots
- pointillismDot-based art technique
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
grainy · gritty · variegated · pebbled · nubby · roughness · granular · dotted · pocked · uneven
splatter
Scatter in drops
scatter · splotch · dash · dribble · drizzle · spill · smear · bespatter · fling · shower
gold
Element seventy-nine
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- glitterDecorative metallic flecks
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
sparkle · mica · pyrite · foil · leaf · lustrous · gleaming · shimmering · iridescent · metallic
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
- bitsbits, morsels, tidbits, snippets, scraps
- impuritiesdirt, dust, grime, soot, sediment
- animal markingsspots, stripes, rings, patches, bands
- mottlingspots, specks, blotches, dappling, marbling
- wood grainstraight grain, fine grain, coarse grain, end grain, bird's eye
fleckssolid color
Single unbroken hue
blanket · expanse · sheet · uniformity · homogeneity