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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 167 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  9. 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  11. 11.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  18. 18.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  39. 39.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black

Answer key

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

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