Gestalt Principles of Vision

HOSA Behavioral health

Organization Principle

We analyse visual input by dividing a scene into figure and ground, we identify the main object in the scene.

Proximity Principle

Objects that are close together tend to be grouped together

Continuity Principle

We assume that points which form smooth lines when connected belong together

Closure Principle

We “fill in the blanks” when we see an image map of lines or gaps

Simplicity principle

We will use the simplest solution to a problem