Perceptual principles describing how visual elements are organized into groups and patterns, including proximity, similarity, closure, continuity, and figure-ground relationships.
Example: Perceiving a series of dots as a line when they are close together (proximity), or seeing similar shapes as belonging together even when mixed with different shapes (similarity).
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