Zach- Figure-Ground Perception

 Figure-Ground perception is when we perceive an image, we tend to simplify it by separating it into figure and ground. The figure is the object you perceive. The ground is everything in the background. This is what causes people to see variations in black and white images. Depending on which your brain depicts as the ground or figure will determine what you see in the image.

The image below will either be a vase looking object or two faces looking into each other, depending upon how your brain sorts the black or white.