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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 110 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  5. 5.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) one border on all pages
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  26. 26.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  31. 31.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  34. 34.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  40. 40.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. repetition
  4. alignment
  5. False
  6. contrast
  7. balance
  8. contrast
  9. proximity
  10. balance
  11. False
  12. alignment
  13. left edges lined up
  14. contrast
  15. hierarchy
  16. black text on yellow
  17. proximity
  18. the title is the largest
  19. one border on all pages
  20. dark text on light paper
  21. False
  22. small print for details
  23. repetition
  24. alignment
  25. hierarchy
  26. False
  27. white words on black
  28. False
  29. black text on yellow
  30. one border on all pages
  31. True
  32. balance
  33. dark text on light paper
  34. False
  35. a mirror-image layout
  36. both halves feel equal
  37. pictures in a neat line
  38. the title is the largest
  39. balance
  40. False

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