Displaying multiple colors or shades, often used to describe soil colors.

a term used to describe dark blotches, spots or stains that can appear on some plastered pools. This problem may be caused by the "use and abuse" of calcium chloride in the plastering mixture. Refer to Service Industry News: issue 1/15/03. There is no solution, short of refinishing, if this is the problem. Algae and metal stains are other possibilities.

Blotches in paint caused by uneven metallic or mica particles in the finish.

Spots or blotches of different colors or shades of color interspersed with the dominant soil color caused in part by exposure to alternating unsaturated and saturated conditions.

to mark with blotches of different colors or shades

In spray painting applications, blotches of metallic or mica particles in a paint film caused by insufficient compressed air ( 558)

The presence of more than one soil colour in the same soil horizon, not including different nodule or cutan colours.

The presence of more than one soil colour in a horizon. The soil may differ in colour either within peds or aggregates, or between them. Mottling occurs as blotches or streaks of subdominant colour throughout the main (i.e. matrix) colour. It does not refer to stains or coloured deposits on ped faces. Mottling is often an indication of poor profile drainage but may be caused by the weathering of parent material. Diffusely mottled implies that neighbouring colours are only slightly different.

A manufacturing defect consisting of ink spots on the surface of wallpaper.

The appearance of spots or blotches of colour in paint or on paper.

speckling; a non-uniform paint color.

Patches or spots of different colors usually used for the color pattern developed due to partial anaerobism.

A physical migration of floor finish film from smooth, even distribution at time of application to small discrete pools of material, resulting in a blotchy or spotty appearance.

This is a casting defect that is sometimes found in the metal of aluminum wheels. When machined, wheels with mottling will exhibit a blotchy look, similar to water spots, on the surface.

An uneven appearance in printed solids characterized by small light and dark areas.

Poor blotchy ink coverage. It can be caused by poor or dirty press conditions or uneven absorption of the ink on the paper.

Spotty, uneven ink absorption. Also called sinkage. A mottled image may be called mealy.