Gestalt Principles

How People Naturally Perceive Visual Elements

• Proximity - Element in close proximity seem to be in a group
• Closure - Ignoring gaps and understanding the bigger context
• Similarity - If things looks similar, they’re in group
• Common Region - Items close together, in a group
• Continuity - Ordered in a line or curve, in a group
• Figure and Ground - Able to perceive background/foreground
• Symmetry - Feelings or orderliness
• Common fate - Moving in the same direction, in a group

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