Perception Law 5

           Figure-Ground Perception 

Figure-ground perception is when we simplify a scene into simpler objects and focus on either the figure or the ground/ back round.

This is a good example of figure ground perception because there is two images that one could see. You can focus on the figure which would be the man playing the saxophone or the back round which is a picture of a women's face. This demonstrates figure ground perception because this photo forces you to focus on either the figure or the ground/back round.

Picture URL
http://www.loyno.edu/~zemmels/A201/lecture/visual_theory/images_gestalt/figure-ground-1.jpg