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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.
  • 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.

  • 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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