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kaleidograph design

kaleidograph design

9.9
A bright repeating pattern of colored shapes that looks like a kaleidoscope
  • noun
  • /kəˈlaɪdəˌɡrɑf dɪˈzaɪn/
translation icon : diseño de caleidoscopio
  • She used digital tools to create a striking kaleidograph design for the album cover.

Examples

  • The gallery featured several kaleidograph designs inspired by traditional mandalas.

  • Children enjoyed making their own kaleidograph designs during the workshop.

  • Look at that beautiful kaleidograph design on the wall!

  • Have you seen her latest kaleidograph design?

  • Children enjoyed making their own kaleidograph designs during the workshop.

  • She used digital tools to create a striking kaleidograph design for the album cover.

  • The gallery featured several kaleidograph designs inspired by traditional mandalas.

Synonyms

design
vskaleidograph design
422 3.3

A pattern or picture used to decorate a surface

focuses on repeating mirrored color effects rather than general ornamentation
kaleidoscope
vskaleidograph design
5 6.9

A constantly changing mix of bright colors and shapes

is an artistic composition made to resemble those changing effects
kaleidoscopic display
vskaleidograph design
7.5

A changing show of bright colors and patterns

is a created artistic pattern that stays fixed rather than shifting

How Colorful

kaleidoscope
5 6.9
kaleidograph design
9.9
pattern
192 2.8
design
422 3.3

Surface Forms

kaleidograph design singular
kaleidograph designs plural

Morphology

kaleidograph + design

The phrase is a simple noun–noun composition where 'design' is modified by a term denoting a kaleidoscope-like image. If a learner knows the meaning of 'kaleidograph' (kaleidoscope-like visual effect) and 'design', the combined meaning ('a design with kaleidoscope-like patterns') is directly derivable and predictable.

Etymology

Kaleidograph design comes from the image of a kaleidoscope, a tube with mirrors and coloured pieces that make bright, repeating shapes when you turn it. So a Kaleidograph design means a picture or 'pattern' that looks like those mirrored, repeating shapes.