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Theories of visual perception was developed by German psychologists in the 1920s. Gestalt which means “unified whole” is the psychology term of the theories. These theories attempt to describe how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied.
<u>How people tend to organize visual elements into groups, or unified wholes, when applying certain principles</u>
a. Similarity
Similarity occurs when objects look similar to one another. People often perceive them as a group or pattern.
When similarity occurs, an object can be emphasized. If it is dissimilar to the others. This is called anomaly.
b. Anomaly
Anomaly occurs when one object is different within few similar objects. Anomaly is an opposite to Similarity.
c. Continuation
Continuation occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object.
d. Closure
Closure occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed. If enough of the shape is indicated, people perceive the whole by filling in the missing information.
Image does not always need to be completed because eye sometimes completes shape if there is enough elements.
e. Proximity
Proximity occurs when elements are placed close together. They tend to be perceived as a group.
f. Figure ground
The eye differentiates an object from its surrounding area. a form, silhouette, or shape is naturally perceived as figure (object), while the surrounding area is perceived as ground (background).
Balancing figure and ground can make the perceived image more clear. Using unusual figure/ground relationships can add interest and subtlety to an image
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