.. is known as cascade notation. It allows you to not repeat the same target if you want to call several methods on the same object.
List list = [];
list.add(color1);
list.add(color2);
list.add(color3);
list.add(color4);
// with cascade
List list = [];
list
..add(color1)
..add(color2)
..add(color3)
..add(color4);