---
title: kaleidoscope()
framework: coreimage
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/kaleidoscope()
---

# kaleidoscope()

Creates a 12-way kaleidoscopic image from an image.

## Declaration

```swift
class func kaleidoscope() -> any CIFilter & CIKaleidoscope
```

## Return Value

Return Value The tiled image.

## Discussion

Discussion This method applies the kaleidoscope tile filter to an image. The effect produces a complex 12-way symmetrical reflected pattern from the input image. The kaleidoscope tile filter uses the following properties: The following code creates a filter that results in the creation of a kaleidoscope effect from the input image: func kaleidoscope(inputImage: CIImage) -> CIImage {     let kaleidoscopeEffect = CIFilter.kaleidoscope()     kaleidoscopeEffect.inputImage = inputImage     kaleidoscopeEffect.count = 6     kaleidoscopeEffect.center = CGPoint(x: 150, y: 150)     kaleidoscopeEffect.angle = 0     return kaleidoscopeEffect.outputImage! }

## See Also

### Filters

- [affineClamp()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/affineclamp().md)
- [affineTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/affinetile().md)
- [eightfoldReflectedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/eightfoldreflectedtile().md)
- [fourfoldReflectedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/fourfoldreflectedtile().md)
- [fourfoldRotatedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/fourfoldrotatedtile().md)
- [fourfoldTranslatedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/fourfoldtranslatedtile().md)
- [glideReflectedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/glidereflectedtile().md)
- [opTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/optile().md)
- [parallelogramTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/parallelogramtile().md)
- [perspectiveTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/perspectivetile().md)
- [sixfoldReflectedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/sixfoldreflectedtile().md)
- [sixfoldRotatedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/sixfoldrotatedtile().md)
- [triangleKaleidoscope()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/trianglekaleidoscope().md)
- [triangleTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/triangletile().md)
- [twelvefoldReflectedTile()](coreimage/cifilter-swift.class/twelvefoldreflectedtile().md)