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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 128 · 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: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  3. 3.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  6. 6.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  10. 10.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  13. 13.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  14. 14.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  15. 15.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  17. 17.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  19. 19.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  33. 33.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  38. 38.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

  1. True
  2. contact details together
  3. False
  4. contrast
  5. hierarchy
  6. True
  7. False
  8. a bright button on grey
  9. both halves feel equal
  10. False
  11. proximity
  12. captions on a grid
  13. balance
  14. a mirror-image layout
  15. contrast
  16. contrast
  17. False
  18. repetition
  19. alignment
  20. balance
  21. hierarchy
  22. caption close to photo
  23. related items grouped
  24. repeated bullet icons
  25. True
  26. black text on yellow
  27. proximity
  28. False
  29. proximity
  30. alignment
  31. alignment
  32. related items grouped
  33. False
  34. both halves feel equal
  35. most important first
  36. a mirror-image layout
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. False
  39. small print for details
  40. a bright button on grey

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