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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 116 · 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 contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  13. 13.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  17. 17.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) white words on black
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

  1. False
  2. hierarchy
  3. both halves feel equal
  4. left edges lined up
  5. small print for details
  6. False
  7. matching heading styles
  8. False
  9. matching heading styles
  10. contrast
  11. alignment
  12. contrast
  13. False
  14. proximity
  15. balance
  16. alignment
  17. True
  18. contact details together
  19. a mirror-image layout
  20. a bright button on grey
  21. left edges lined up
  22. balance
  23. False
  24. False
  25. contrast
  26. repetition
  27. pictures in a neat line
  28. both halves feel equal
  29. False
  30. False
  31. most important first
  32. a mirror-image layout
  33. proximity
  34. white words on black
  35. balance
  36. contrast
  37. proximity
  38. hierarchy
  39. True
  40. black text on yellow

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