Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for multi-color dyeing of a moving carpet with sharply defined specks forming no pattern from distribution of color, distribution of sizes, distribution of shapes, or attenuation of shapes of the specks. The specks are relatively high-viscosity colored segments in an aqueous immiscible gel mixture which is repeatedly mixed and distributed transversely of the direction of movement of the carpet and then spread into a thin layer by the upper surface of a Kuester roller and finally slid onto the moving carpet.