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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 142 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  3. 3.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  6. 6.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  24. 24.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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