Marbling may refer to: The quality of a surface that has streaks of color, like marble. For example: Marbleizing, also called faux marbling, the art of painting walls or furniture to look like real marble Paper marbling, a method of aqueous surface design in which paper or fabric is decorated with a spotted pattern similar to stone, as well as other swirled and combed patterns Marbled meat, the pattern of fat in beef steaks Marbling, a form of birth control in horse breeding, involving a marble used as an intrauterine device