Figure-Ground Relationship - Proper Use will define your Gestalt Principles of Perception.

Most of us have come across situations in which our focus on a particular piece of information was enhanced by other information surrounding it.

We have encountered situations where we were distracted and confused by the presentation of information.

We will look at how to catch the eye of the viewer by presenting the necessary information in a way that its surroundings enhance it through figure-ground psychology.

One of the principles of perception is the figure-ground relationship.It suggests that our perception of figure and ground is what distinguishes designs.The main focus of the design is the figure.The ground is not the main focus.

The figure element is made when websites put an advert on a page.It may be positioned to cover the whole website so that we don't notice it.The websites will become the ground here.

When a piece of background music is used by a YouTuber, their talk is the figure element.The ground element of their videos is the music.

The figure-ground relationship can be represented by either a visual method or an audio method.

It's important to distinguish between figure and ground elements.We can clear the confusion between them by knowing what makes them figure.

Figure elements have a defined shape.The ground elements don't have a definite shape.

The background is blurred out but we can see the stacked rocks.

Users perceive the element as a figure element when the positioning elements are lower.Users perceive a positioning element as a ground element when it's higher in a design.

A cityscape photo can be taken.Our focus is on the city.The buildings become our figure and the sky our ground by positioning the interest-point in the lower portion.

We want the streets to be our main focus.The lower streets would be pulled into the frame while the buildings were shifted to the upper portion.The sky will get out of the crop.

While the buildings are perceived as ground, the streets with the center statue are our focus.This can be seen on the image below.

It is perceived as a figure element when elements are positioned closer to users.It is perceived as a ground element when elements are positioned to look far away.

There is a lot of stuff on the frame.The object is the focal point of the composition.

The rock is placed close to us.The rest of the objects are considered to be standing on the ground.