dapple

Noun

• a small contrasting part of something
  • a bald spot
    
  • a leopard's spots
    
  • a patch of clouds
    
  • patches of thin ice
    
  • a fleck of red
    

Verb

• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spot , speckle , patch , fleck , maculation , mottle , cloud