Positive space

Positive space: space that is occupied by an element or a form.
Potter: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.

Positive Space
The areas of an artwork occupied by forms or images; the opposite of negative space.

Positive Space: The areas of an artwork that IS the primary subject or object. Positive Space defines the subjects outline. see: Negative Space, Notan ...

positive space: the primary subject matter in a work of art, as opposed to the background or unoccupied spaces.
primary colors: hues that cannot be produced by a mixture of other hues: magenta red, yellow, and cyan (turquoise) blue.

Positive Space - The space in a painting occupied by the object depicted (not the spaces in-between objects).

positive space - The areas of a painting or sculpture which are occupied by forms or images, as contrasted with negative space, which are the "empty" areas where no forms/images are located.

positive space refers to areas that are filled in
negative space refers to areas that are not filled in
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positive space - Space in an artwork that is positive - filled with something, such as lines, designs, color, or shapes. The opposite of negative space.

Orange shapes occupy positive spaces in this image, and negative spaces between the orange shapes form triangles, or a six-pointed star.
Negative space between violet shapes (the positive spaces) forms a square.

Woodcuts/blocks are relief methods of printing, using inked blocks of wood with a design, scene or pattern engraved into their surface. Woodcuts/blocks are set apart from other printing methods in that the printed design comes from the positive space, ...

The use of equal negative space, as a balance to positive space, in a composition is considered by many as good design.

See also: Painting, Negative space, Movement, Size, Composition