Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated

Uniform Connectedness

Elements that are connected by uniform visual properties, such as color, are perceived to be more related than elements that are not connected.

The principle of uniform connectedness is the most recent addition to the principles referred to as Gestalt principles of perception. It asserts that elements connected to one another by uniform visual properties are perceived as a single group or chunk and are interpreted as being more related than elements that are not connected. For example, a simple matrix composed of dots is perceived as columns when common regions or lines connect the dots vertically, and is perceived as rows when common regions or lines connect the dots horizontally.1

There are two basic strategies for applying ...