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Figure-Ground Organization

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Figure-ground organization is the perceptual process of distinguishing an object from its surrounding background.

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