variegation

Roget category 440

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#440. Variegation

noun

variegation — colors, dichroism, trichroism — iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae.
spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell — mackerel, mackerel sky — zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite^†, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble.
check, plaid, tartan, patchwork — marquetry-, parquetry — mosaic, tesserae^†, strigae^† — chessboard, checkers, chequers — harlequin — Joseph's coat — tricolor.

verb

be variegated etc. adj. — variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer — bespeckle^†, speckle — besprinkle, sprinkle — stipple, maculate, dot, bespot^† — tattoo, inlay, damascene — embroider, braid, quilt.

adjective

variegated etc. v. — many-colored, many-hued — divers-colored, party-colored — dichromatic, polychromatic — bicolor^†, tricolor, versicolor^† — of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors — kaleidoscopic.
iridescent — opaline^†, opalescent — prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant^† — irisated^†, pavonine^†.
pied, piebald — motley — mottled, marbled — pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous^†.
mosaic, tesselated, plaid — tortoise shell etc. n.. spotted, spotty — punctated^†, powdered — speckled etc. v. — freckled, flea-bitten, studded — flecked, fleckered^† — striated, barred, veined — brinded^†, brindled — tabby — watered — grizzled — listed — embroidered etc. v. — daedal^† — naevose^†, stipiform^† — strigose^†, striolate^†.
(iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT

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