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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 137 · 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: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  7. 7.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) a centred, even layout (d) white words on black
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  18. 18.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  22. 22.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  27. 27.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  34. 34.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) dark text on light paper
  38. 38.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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