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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 170 · 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 design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  19. 19.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  28. 28.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  33. 33.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  36. 36.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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