Kaleidoscope
noun
A tube with mirrors and pieces of colored glass, whose reflections produce changing patterns when rotated.
Children often enjoy looking through a kaleidoscope to see the beautiful patterns.
Often appears as...
- handheld kaleidoscope
- toy kaleidoscope
noun
A constantly changing pattern or sequence of objects or elements.
The aerial view of the city was a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors and shapes.
Often appears as...
- kaleidoscope of colors
- kaleidoscope of shapes
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A tube with mirrors and pieces of colored glass, whose reflections produce changing patterns when rotated.
Children often enjoy looking through a kaleidoscope to see the beautiful patterns.
Often appears as...
- handheld kaleidoscope
- toy kaleidoscope
noun
A constantly changing pattern or sequence of objects or elements.
The aerial view of the city was a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors and shapes.
Often appears as...
- kaleidoscope of colors
- kaleidoscope of shapes
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Focus on 'kaleidoscope' as a tangible item, typically a children's toy.
My grandmother gave me a vintage kaleidoscope for my birthday.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience Variety
Use 'kaleidoscope' to describe a variety of visual experiences.
The kaleidoscope in the museum's exhibit offered an explosion of colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Imagery
'Kaleidoscope' conveys a sense of artistic or visual complexity.
Her dress was a kaleidoscope of patchwork designs.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Focus on 'kaleidoscope' as a tangible item, typically a children's toy.
My grandmother gave me a vintage kaleidoscope for my birthday.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience Variety
Use 'kaleidoscope' to describe a variety of visual experiences.
The kaleidoscope in the museum's exhibit offered an explosion of colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Imagery
'Kaleidoscope' conveys a sense of artistic or visual complexity.
Her dress was a kaleidoscope of patchwork designs.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Focus on 'kaleidoscope' as a tangible item, typically a children's toy.
My grandmother gave me a vintage kaleidoscope for my birthday.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience Variety
Use 'kaleidoscope' to describe a variety of visual experiences.
The kaleidoscope in the museum's exhibit offered an explosion of colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Imagery
'Kaleidoscope' conveys a sense of artistic or visual complexity.
Her dress was a kaleidoscope of patchwork designs.
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Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
believe my my most important role remains as artistic interpreter of all that I see and as a storyteller I need to understand the science but I want to see and capture the poetry and that's really what it's about it's about blending those things so you know to me the ocean is a kaleidoscope it's always
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A queer vision of love...
We are creating a future of multiplicity. We are expanding the spectrum of gender and sexuality, imagining ourselves into existence, imagining a world where gender is self-determined and not imposed, and where who we are is a kaleidoscope of possibility
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What I learned from...
The exercise was a fascinating testament to the kaleidoscope that is life, and even more fascinating was the fact that the overwhelming majority of obituaries featured people famous and non-famous, who did seemingly extraordinary things.
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The complex geometry of...
and a ruler to make lines within them. And from these simple tools emerges a kaleidoscope multiplicity of patterns. So how does that work? Well, everything starts with a circle. The first major decision is how will you divide it up?
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Tracking Plastic Sea to...
diver david and goliath with a humongous school of thousands of jacks what had been a desert was now a kaleidoscope of life and color the Sharks were back the jacks the groupers we saw it go from degraded to pristine
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
I pieced together fragmented, transitory images, consciously analyzed the clues, searched for some logic in my crumbling kaleidoscope, until I saw nothing at all. I learned that what we see is not universal truth.
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Caring for Coral PIPE...
the waves of these as your seas hide an abundant treasure below the waves coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life alive with a kaleidoscope of color in oceans around the world clear and well
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Sea Animal Camouflage PIPE...
lembo straight on the northern tip of Sulawesi this region has been a cent of the evolution of marine life it's scattered reefs and sandy seabed are a kaleidoscope of improbable shapes and colors
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Beautiful “Underwater...
somewhat of an oasis for marine wildlife diving in Cortez bankers is like diving into an underwater kaleidoscope it's always changing with light and color gesture and motion and it's never the
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Let's turn the high seas...
A no-take marine reserve. When we returned, 10 years later, this is what we saw. What had been an underwater barren was now a kaleidoscope of life and color.
Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
believe my my most important role remains as artistic interpreter of all that I see and as a storyteller I need to understand the science but I want to see and capture the poetry and that's really what it's about it's about blending those things so you know to me the ocean is a kaleidoscope it's always
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
We are creating a future of multiplicity. We are expanding the spectrum of gender and sexuality, imagining ourselves into existence, imagining a world where gender is self-determined and not imposed, and where who we are is a kaleidoscope of possibility
Video examples
What I learned from...
The exercise was a fascinating testament to the kaleidoscope that is life, and even more fascinating was the fact that the overwhelming majority of obituaries featured people famous and non-famous, who did seemingly extraordinary things.
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
and a ruler to make lines within them. And from these simple tools emerges a kaleidoscope multiplicity of patterns. So how does that work? Well, everything starts with a circle. The first major decision is how will you divide it up?
Video examples
Tracking Plastic Sea to...
diver david and goliath with a humongous school of thousands of jacks what had been a desert was now a kaleidoscope of life and color the Sharks were back the jacks the groupers we saw it go from degraded to pristine
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
I pieced together fragmented, transitory images, consciously analyzed the clues, searched for some logic in my crumbling kaleidoscope, until I saw nothing at all. I learned that what we see is not universal truth.
Video examples
Caring for Coral PIPE...
the waves of these as your seas hide an abundant treasure below the waves coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life alive with a kaleidoscope of color in oceans around the world clear and well
Video examples
Sea Animal Camouflage PIPE...
lembo straight on the northern tip of Sulawesi this region has been a cent of the evolution of marine life it's scattered reefs and sandy seabed are a kaleidoscope of improbable shapes and colors
Video examples
Beautiful “Underwater...
somewhat of an oasis for marine wildlife diving in Cortez bankers is like diving into an underwater kaleidoscope it's always changing with light and color gesture and motion and it's never the
Video examples
Let's turn the high seas...
A no-take marine reserve. When we returned, 10 years later, this is what we saw. What had been an underwater barren was now a kaleidoscope of life and color.
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Doug Aitken
American Artist
I'm really pleased to share the 'Station to Station' film. It has a very unorthodox structure; it's made up of separate one-minute films. So you watch this piece that is like time moving. Everything is democratised, whether it's a minute of Patti Smith or a single landscape with a drone, it's this amazing modern kaleidoscope.
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Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes; this is the screech of a scar. But Mary Timony was always more kaleidoscope than microscope, creating magical worlds replete with weaponry or sorcery.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
Since my woman's world is perceived greatly through the emotions and the senses, I treat it that way in my writing - and am often overweighted with heavy descriptive passages and a kaleidoscope of similes.
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Olesya Rulin
Russian Actress
My family is a kaleidoscope... My family is like that. We're all different colors, like a prism. When we have light shine and stuff, we're beautiful. When it's dark, nothing shines, and it's a rock.
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Doug Aitken
American Artist
The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It's a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film.
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Hal Holbrook
American Actor
You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
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Sid Sriram
Indian Musician
Entropy' will be a kaleidoscope of thought processes and my identity as an Indian who grew up in California.
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John Motson
British Celebrity
Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.
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Jean Houston
American Author
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
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David Crystal
English Educator
At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.
Quote examples
Doug Aitken
American Artist
I'm really pleased to share the 'Station to Station' film. It has a very unorthodox structure; it's made up of separate one-minute films. So you watch this piece that is like time moving. Everything is democratised, whether it's a minute of Patti Smith or a single landscape with a drone, it's this amazing modern kaleidoscope.
Quote examples
Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes; this is the screech of a scar. But Mary Timony was always more kaleidoscope than microscope, creating magical worlds replete with weaponry or sorcery.
Quote examples
Sylvia Plath
American Poet
Since my woman's world is perceived greatly through the emotions and the senses, I treat it that way in my writing - and am often overweighted with heavy descriptive passages and a kaleidoscope of similes.
Quote examples
Olesya Rulin
Russian Actress
My family is a kaleidoscope... My family is like that. We're all different colors, like a prism. When we have light shine and stuff, we're beautiful. When it's dark, nothing shines, and it's a rock.
Quote examples
Doug Aitken
American Artist
The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It's a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film.
Quote examples
Hal Holbrook
American Actor
You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
Quote examples
Sid Sriram
Indian Musician
Entropy' will be a kaleidoscope of thought processes and my identity as an Indian who grew up in California.
Quote examples
John Motson
British Celebrity
Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.
Quote examples
Jean Houston
American Author
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
Quote examples
David Crystal
English Educator
At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.
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