gazed raptly at the kaleidoscopic patterns within the instrument
2
: having changing tints or variegated color
kaleidoscopic color of the clouds at sunset
3
a
: constantly changing : rapidly shifting
air was fretted with a kaleidoscopic network of swifts … with swallows, martins, and if late enough, nighthawks—William Beebe
a year of kaleidoscopic change, of breathtaking developments crowding so rapidly one upon the other—Allan Taylor
b
: having infinite variety : possessing many facets
such a being of kaleidoscopic versatility … we call contemptuously a jack-of-all-trades—Havelock Ellis
shocking inhumanity of the slave trade has been compressed within the pages of this kaleidoscopic novel with romance and sea adventure—New York Herald Tribune