in the foreground vs on the foreground

The correct phrase is 'in the foreground.' 'On the foreground' could appear in a sentence but is not a common construction in English. 'In the foreground' is the standard way to describe something that is positioned at the front of a scene or picture.

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in the foreground

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'in the foreground' to describe something that is positioned at the front of a scene or picture.

Examples:

The tree is in the foreground of the painting.
The main character is in the foreground of the movie poster.
The building stands out in the foreground of the photograph.

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You may recognize your chaplain in the foreground.
The summit would be in the foreground.
The new part of me is just there, in the foreground.
Jeff, on the other hand, is shot from this very oblique angle, with that lampshade squished in the foreground.
and if you looked in the foreground on the big print, you'd see that the industry - their industry - they're all recycling.
This woman in the foreground is Jo Anne Van Tilberg.
Those green things in the foreground are mangoes.
Here's some algae in the foreground...
George in the foreground, pointing up to the sky...
I need something in the foreground to give it some scale.
Lieutenant, isolate the Cardassians in the foreground.
Developments in former Yugoslavia will be in the foreground at Florence.
Koch is in the foreground in the grey herringbone coat.
As Felix completes final checks, Luke, in the foreground, takes off his mask.
And you can see in the foreground of this picture, it's still one of the last areas that was being held up.
The small mountains in the foreground, they move more.
So on this bit of grassland, we'll do it, but just in the foreground.
You can see a good deal of booze there in the foreground.
And in the foreground - smashed stump of a mast with three small figures clinging to it.
And in the foreground, we had some towers that were about this big.

Alternatives:

at the forefront
in front
front and center
prominently placed

on the foreground

This phrase is not correct in English.

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This dialog works either on the foreground or the background color.
Me recite my soliloquy in the foreground on the right.
from the toolbox: click on the current Foreground or Background color.
The scaffolding is still on, and this is an e-waste area, and if you looked in the foreground on the big print, you'd see that the industry - their industry - they're all recycling.
and if you looked in the foreground on the big print, you'd see that the industry - their industry - they're all recycling.
The screenshot shows a rectangular selection filled with the foreground color.
You may recognize your chaplain in the foreground.
The summit would be in the foreground.
This woman in the foreground is Jo Anne Van Tilberg.
Those green things in the foreground are mangoes.
Here's some algae in the foreground...
George in the foreground, pointing up to the sky...
I was into the foreground drama.
You find the foreground, the little things.
A chicken and a cat are in the foreground.
I need something in the foreground to give it some scale.
Lieutenant, isolate the Cardassians in the foreground.
What we needed to do is separate the background from the foreground.
You give the impression of them falling behind the foreground elements.
Remaining pixels will be replaced by the Foreground color of Toolbox.

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