How the rule works
The figure fills from the bottom up, and the fill changes by the same amount from cell to cell: a quarter more to the right, a quarter less downwards, or some other combination. Fully empty and fully filled are the ends of the scale.
The rule is easily confused with a figure changing its fill type. The difference is that this is the same fill all the time, just more or less of it. Look at the level, as on a gauge.