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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 127 · 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: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  5. 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  8. 8.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  17. 17.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  23. 23.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  33. 33.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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