===== Figure/Ground Ambiguity =====

**Figure/ground ambiguity** exists when it is impossible to determine what would be considered figure and what would be considered ground. Common causes of figure/ground ambiguity are blurriness (gradients, camera blur, depth of field, smudging, etc.) or an immense quantity and complexity of figures. When it becomes difficult or impossible to determine when a figure stops and the ground begins, figure/ground ambiguity occurs. Note: this is distinctly different that [[figure-ground_reversal|figure/ground reversal]].


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Areas of figure/ground ambiguity... figures become indeterminate \\ 
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Almost entirely figure/ground ambiguous \\ 
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<wrap lo>Jackson Pollock. //Lavender Mist: Number 1//. 1950.</wrap>