splatters
Liquid hits surface
Splatters is the verb form and plural noun of splatter—to scatter or splash in irregular drops or spots.
Paint splatters on a drop cloth; blood splatters at a crime scene.
As a noun, splatters are the marks left behind: There were splatters of mud all over the car.
The word suggests messier, more violent dispersal than mere spattering.
Liquid scattered by impact
- spraysDisperses liquid finely
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
- spattersScatters in droplets
- squirtsForceful liquid ejections
sprinkles · dribbles · spritzes · gushes · spurts · mist · drizzle · ooze
Discolorations on surfaces
- splotchesIrregular colored patches
- smudgesUnclear dirty marks
- blotsIrregular spreading marks
- streaksLong thin marks
smears · spots · flecks · speckles · daubs · discoloration · blemishes · grease spots
- action paintingSpontaneous, physical mark-making
- drip paintingArt via gravity-fed paint
- abstract expressionismNonrepresentational art emphasizing spontaneous emotion
- flickingQuick striking motion
splashes
Liquid scattered by impact
squirts · sprinkles · dribbles · spritzes · gushes · spurts · mist · drizzle · ooze · seepage
stains
Discolorations on surfaces
streaks · smears · spots · flecks · speckles · daubs · discoloration · blemishes · grease spots
Jackson Pollock
- action paintingSpontaneous, physical mark-making
- drip paintingArt via gravity-fed paint
- abstract expressionismNonrepresentational art emphasizing spontaneous emotion
- kids' artcrayons, stick figures, finger painting, scribbles, chalk
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
- painting for kidscolor mixing, brush techniques, art supplies, brushes, paints
- surface defectscracks, crazing, peeling, blistering, bubbles
- splatter paint
- blood splatterScattered drops of blood
- paint splatterScattered droplets of pigment
- grease splatter
- splatter screenMesh lid blocking cooking spray
- splatter artPaint flung onto canvas