mottle vs colour

mottle and colour both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mottle	Yes	No	Yes	No
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, colour is a hypernym of mottle; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than mottle:

mottle: an irregular arrangement of patches of color
colour: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Other hypernyms of mottle include color, coloring, colouring.

As verbs, colour is a hypernym of mottle; that is, colour is a word with a broader meaning than mottle:

mottle: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
colour: add color to

Other hypernyms of mottle include color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize.

mottle (noun)	colour (noun)
an irregular arrangement of patches of color	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

mottle (adjective)	colour (adjective)
	having or capable of producing colors

mottle (verb)	colour (verb)
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades	change color, often in an undesired manner
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained	add color to
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias