Figure and ground or Figure ground may refer to:
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Figure and ground (media), a concept developed by media theorist Marshall McLuhan
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Figure–ground (perception)
Figure–ground organization is a type of perceptual grouping that is a vital necessity for recognizing objects through vision. In Gestalt psychology it is known as identifying a ''figure'' from the back''ground''. For example, black words on ...
, referring to humans' ability to separate foreground from background in visual images. Figure-ground perception is one of the main issues in gestalt psychology.
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Figure-ground in map design, the ability to easily discriminate the main figure from the ground
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Figure/Ground, open-source para-academic website
See also
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Background (disambiguation)
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Foreground and background (disambiguation)
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