Ground

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The part of a design that appears to be farthest from the viewer and behind the objects of interest. Can be a solid color, texture, random objects, or another pattern (patterned ground). Also called background. Opposite of foreground.

Example(s) of Ground

An example of a design with a patterned ground

A design with a patterned background created with Artlandia SymmetryWorks.

An example of a guilloche background created in SymmetryMill

A guilloche background created in Artlandia SymmetryMill. See how »
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See also:
	Create repeating patterns in SymmetryMill (FREE) »
	Phillips and Bunce, 1993 »
	Yates, 1996 »
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