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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 166 · 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: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  6. 6.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  14. 14.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  19. 19.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  38. 38.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) most important first

Answer key

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

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