stippled
Covered with dots
Stippled describes a surface covered with small dots or specks, creating texture through many tiny points rather than solid areas or continuous lines.
The technique appears in art, printmaking, and tattooing: a stippled portrait, stippled shading.
Stippled surfaces in architecture or manufacturing have a deliberately dotted or pebbled texture: stippled ceiling tiles, a stippled finish on the grip.
Dotted with small marks
- fleckedSpotted with small marks
- dappledMarked with spots
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- pepperedScattered thickly upon
dotted · pocked · sprinkled · scattered · freckled · dusted · splattered · bespeckled
speckled
Dotted with small marks
peppered · dotted · pocked · sprinkled · scattered · freckled · dusted · splattered · bespeckled · variegated
pointillism
Dot-based art technique
- dottingAdding small marks
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
shading · engraving · etching · brushwork · inked · sketching · rendering · gradation · tonal · illustration
pebbled
Having small-stone texture
dimpled · pitted · nubby · tactile · embossed · raised · uneven · granular · nubbly · pebbly
- linesstraight line, line, dotted line, dashed line, solid line
- spotted patternspolka dots, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked, speckles
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- dotted patternsflecked, speckled, polka dot, peppered, mottled
- animal markingsspots, stripes, rings, patches, bands
- glass finishesfrosted, etched, matte, satin, glossy