variegate
Make visually diverse
To variegate is to mark with different colors or patches, creating a varied or mottled appearance: variegated leaves with cream and green stripes.
The word applies to plants, surfaces, or anything displaying irregular color patterns.
Figuratively, variegate means to diversify or add variety: a career variegated by unexpected detours.
Identify differences between things
- intermixBlend things together
- intersperseScatter among other things
- alternateOccur in succession
- modulateVary pitch or intensity
checker · mottle · dapple · streak · fleck · stipple · marble · speckle
Having multiple hues
- polychromaticHaving many colors
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
iridescent · dappled · mottled · pied · piebald · brindled · marbled · streaked
differentiate
Identify differences between things
- intermixBlend things together
- intersperseScatter among other things
- alternateOccur in succession
modulate · checker · mottle · dapple · streak · fleck · stipple · marble · speckle · stripe
multicolored
Having multiple hues
- polychromaticHaving many colors
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
kaleidoscopic · iridescent · dappled · mottled · pied · piebald · brindled · marbled · streaked · chromatic
spotted
Seen or patterned
blotched · splotched · freckled · striped · banded · streaky · patchy · tessellated · veined · striated
camouflage
Concealment through visual blending
coleus · caladium · croton · begonia · orchid · butterfly · peacock · chameleon · coral · agate
variegateuniform
Identical throughout
monochrome · monochromatic · solid · plain · unvaried
variegatestandardize
Make things match norms
homogenize · unify · equalize · regularize · even out