It had, however, broad maculations of bluish-black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

Quiet: subdued: not conspicuous or contrasting in color or maculation.

It had, however, broad maculations of bluish black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay.

The rock was bluish black, spattered with maculations of a ruddy sanguine tint, as though drops of blood had oozed out, in places, from its stony heart.