In which example is the relation between shape and space clearest?

Correct answer: A black bird and white sky around it

The correct answer is A: a black bird and the white sky around it. The bird is the positive shape or figure, while the surrounding sky is the negative space. The two are understood together: the edge of the bird separates its shape from the open area around it, and changing either one changes the visual relationship. B, a list of colours, names colours but does not show a figure placed within surrounding space. C, the paper brand is product information and has no necessary relationship to shape and space. D, brush length is a tool measurement, not an example of figure-ground organisation. A useful way to study this idea is to notice both the object and the area surrounding it instead of looking only at the object. Memory cue: figure is the thing; ground is the space around it.