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🌸 Covered with heather 🧶 Mottled color
heathered

heathered

6.3
Cloth made from threads of mixed colors that gives a soft speckled look
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛðərd/
translation icon : moteado

Is it like heathered or just solid heathered and then matching sweat shorts?

Examples

  • Is it like heathered or just solid heathered and then matching sweat shorts?

    Molly Burke

  • And then I have some T-shirt materials, these heathered T-shirt knits and a couple of meshes.

  • And then I have some T-shirt materials, these heathered T-shirt knits and a couple of meshes.

  • The designer chose a heathered fabric that combined different shades of gray and purple for the sofa.

  • I love how the heathered yarn gives the sweater a unique textured look with subtle variations in color.

  • Her dress featured a heathered pattern, blending soft blue and gray tones that were perfect for the occasion.

Synonyms

mottled
vsheathered
7 6.3

Covered with spots or patches of different colors

is a softer flecked pattern often in grayish purple and made from mixed yarns
heathery
vsheathered
6.3

Having a soft pale purple or grey color with small spots like low wild bushes

is a fabric or surface made with mixed yarns and grayish purple flecks

How Flecked

speckled
1 2.8
flecked
4.4
heathered
6.3

Surface Forms

heathered positive

Morphology

heathered = heather (semi-transparent) = heather + ed

The adjective is an extension from the plant's variegated appearance to a mottled/flecked textile look; the link is metaphorical and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Heathered also describes a soft, mixed color and comes from the look of the plant heather. Cloth made by mixing different yarns gives a 'flecked' or 'blended' appearance, so heathered means that mixed, textured look.