variegated
Marked with streaks
Variegated means marked with patches or streaks of different colors: variegated leaves, variegated marble.
The word appears most often in botany, describing plants with multicolored foliage—typically green mixed with white, cream, or yellow.
By extension, variegated can describe anything diverse or varied: a variegated career spanning multiple industries.
Showing constantly changing patterns
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- polychromaticHaving many colors
chromatic · colorful · pied · motley · harlequin · dappled · painted · vibrant
Dotted with small marks
- fleckedSpotted with small marks
- dappledMarked with spots
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- stippledMarked with small dots
piebald · pinto · blotchy · freckled · splotched · brindled · peppered · maculate
Having contrasting bands
- streakedMarked with bands
- bandedHaving encircling marks
- marbledStreaked with irregular patterns
- veinedMarked with linear channels
tessellated · mottled · swirled · rippled · striated · grained · figured · wavy
Fancifully unreal, hybrid
- splashedStruck liquid loudly
- edgedHad a border
- marginedHaving defined edges
- sectoredDivided into wedge-shaped parts
mosaicked · marbled · striped · stippled · aureate · albino · zoned · picotee
Consisting of dissimilar elements
- mixedBlended from varied elements
- assortedOf various sorts
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- multifariousHaving great variety
manifold · diverse · disparate · sundry · miscellaneous · composite · pluralistic · wide-ranging
kaleidoscopic
Showing constantly changing patterns
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
polychromatic · chromatic · colorful · pied · motley · harlequin · dappled · painted · vibrant · spectrum
speckled
Dotted with small marks
stippled · piebald · pinto · blotchy · freckled · splotched · brindled · peppered · maculate · spotted
striped
Having contrasting bands
veined · tessellated · mottled · swirled · rippled · striated · grained · figured · wavy · ringed
chimeric
Fancifully unreal, hybrid
sectored · mosaicked · marbled · striped · stippled · aureate · albino · zoned · picotee · bicolor
heterogeneous
Consisting of dissimilar elements
multifarious · manifold · diverse · disparate · sundry · miscellaneous · composite · pluralistic · wide-ranging · diversified
- patternspattern, chevron, geometric pattern, stripes, plaid
- surface patternsstreaked, mottled, lined, marbled, textured
- leaf traitscordate, lanceolate, ovate, serrate, dentate
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
- colorworkFair Isle, intarsia, stripes, double knitting, jacquard
- rat varietiesalbino, hooded, dumbo, hairless, Berkshire
variegatedsolid
Firm matter state
monochrome · monochromatic · uniform · plain · monotone
variegateduniform
Identical throughout
plain · solid · unpatterned · unspotted · spotless
variegateduniform
Identical throughout
homogeneous · unvaried · unvarying · monotonous · consistent