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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 148 · 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: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  9. 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  23. 23.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) a mirror-image layout
  30. 30.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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