Kaleidoscopic things are complicated and undergo constant changes. A controversial movie might result in a kaleidoscopic range of reactions, especially on the Internet.
A kaleidoscopic album from your favorite musician combines many different styles and sounds of music, and a kaleidoscopic conversation veers from one topic to another, almost dizzyingly. The adjective kaleidoscopic, which is sometimes used to mean simply "multicolored," comes from kaleidoscope, a toy that reflects images off tiny mirrors to create dazzling patterns — literally, it means "observer of beautiful forms," from the Greek kalos, "beautiful," and eidos, "shape."