speckles
Tiny scattered marks
Speckles are small spots or flecks, usually scattered irregularly across a surface: The egg was pale blue with brown speckles.
The word works as both noun and verb—a bird's breast may be speckled, or sunlight speckles the forest floor.
Speckles suggest natural, random patterning rather than deliberate design.
Small circular marks
- flecksSmall spots or particles
- spotsDetects or marks
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- motesMinute airborne particles
granules · pinpoints · droplets · grains · bits · dust · confetti · glitter
Seen or patterned
- dappledMarked with spots
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- fleckedSpotted with small marks
- stippledMarked with small dots
dotted · freckled · brindled · piebald · pinto · calico · variegated · marbled
Pigmented skin spots
- molesBurrowing insectivore mammals
- birthmarksCongenital skin discolorations
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- complexionSkin tone, appearance
melanin · lentigines · blemishes · discolorations · nevus · melasma · pockmarks · sun-kissed
dots
Small circular marks
motes · granules · pinpoints · droplets · grains · bits · dust · confetti · glitter · splashes
spotted
Seen or patterned
stippled · dotted · freckled · brindled · piebald · pinto · calico · variegated · marbled · blotched
freckles
Pigmented skin spots
- molesBurrowing insectivore mammals
- birthmarksCongenital skin discolorations
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
complexion · melanin · lentigines · blemishes · discolorations · nevus · melasma · pockmarks · sun-kissed · dermatology
leopard
Spotted African wild cat
finch · thrush · quail · fawn · jaguar · cheetah · guinea-fowl · starling · egg · plumage
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- terrazzoAggregate flooring, polished smooth
- eggshellBrittle ovum casing
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
ceramic · porcelain · marble · stone · linoleum · concrete · shell · feather · petal · rind
- animal markingsspots, stripes, rings, patches, bands
- blemishesblemish, blemishes, dark spots, age spots, stain
- markingsspots, lines, dots, flecks, stripes
- spotted patternspolka dots, spotted, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked
- skin patternsspots, stripes, freckles, moles, birthmarks
- bird markingsbars, bands, barred, banded, spots