figure-ground

Coloration and figure-ground are two of the effects that can be observed within the watercolor illusion.

By employing the concept of figure-ground, a viewer can easily distinguish between the main figure on a map and the background information.

Figure-ground (perception), referring to humans' ability to separate foreground from background in visual images.

A figure-ground illustrates a mass-to-void relationship, and analysis of it identifies a "fabric" of urban structures.

Figure-ground (perception)

Several concepts that are key to developing good figure-ground in any cartographic design are differentiation, closed form, centrality, articulation and good contour.

Anticathexis has also been linked to the phenomenon of figure-ground, in that it may entail the suppression of the margin or ground of a perceptual field.

The principle of figure-ground refers to this notion of engaging the user by presenting a clear presentation, leaving no confusion concerning the purpose of the map.

FIGURE-GROUND: The differentiation between the foreground and the background of a scene; this refers to all sensory systems, including vision, hearing, touch.

Kassam, Tazim R. "Syncretism on the Model of Figure-Ground: A Study of Pir Shams' Brahma Prakasa."

Though the figure is atop a swelling line of "waves," there is enough push and pull between the black areas and the orange-reds that the image retains a tense flatness, rather than simple figure-ground.

Art history professor Kristine Stiles asserts that Schneemann's entire oeuvre is devoted to exploring the concepts of figure-ground, relationality (both through use of her body), and similitude (through the use of cats and trees).