Repeating seamless patterns: definitions, free samples, links, and how-tos
 
 
 
 
 

Figure-Ground Reversal (in Patterns)

Another name for positive-negative patterns. Figure-ground reversal can be emphasized by surrounding a part of a pattern with one of pattern's colors and leaving the remaining part surrounded by the other color. See also counterchange.
Example(s) of Figure-Ground Reversal (in Patterns)
  • Example of a pattern with figure-ground reversal, #1
  • Example of a pattern with figure-ground reversal, #2
Patterns with figure-ground reversal created with Artlandia SymmetryWorks.