Resources & Tutorials Graphic Design Review of Terminology By Virtuartcity On December 31, 2020January 16, 2025 The following items are terms used in graphic design that you should be familiar with as they are used in projects and you will be tested on knowing them. Gestalt Principles Gestalt Principle: Figure-Ground We seem to have an innate tendency to perceive one aspect of an event as the figure or fore-ground and the other as the ground or back-ground. There is only one image here, and yet, by changing nothing but our attitude, we can see two different things. It doesn’t even seem to be possible to see them both at the same time! « ‹ of 8 › »