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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 115 · 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.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  2. 2.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  9. 9.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  19. 19.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  23. 23.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a centred, even layout (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. repeated bullet icons
  2. False
  3. contrast
  4. alignment
  5. the title is the largest
  6. balance
  7. hierarchy
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. small print for details
  10. balance
  11. matching heading styles
  12. alignment
  13. black text on yellow
  14. contrast
  15. hierarchy
  16. contact details together
  17. related items grouped
  18. repetition
  19. True
  20. repetition
  21. a mirror-image layout
  22. both halves feel equal
  23. proximity
  24. a centred, even layout
  25. pictures in a neat line
  26. one border on all pages
  27. contrast
  28. repetition
  29. alignment
  30. False
  31. contact details together
  32. alignment
  33. False
  34. captions on a grid
  35. caption close to photo
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. hierarchy

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