Figure and ground

Figure and ground or Figure ground may refer to:

• Figure and ground (media), a concept developed by media theorist Marshall McLuhan
• Figure–ground (perception), referring to humans' ability to separate foreground from background in visual images. Figure-ground perception is one of the main issues in gestalt psychology.
• Figure-ground in map design, the ability to easily discriminate the main figure from the ground

See also

• Background (disambiguation)
• Foreground and background (disambiguation)