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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 171 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) small print for details
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  9. 9.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  22. 22.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  23. 23.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  27. 27.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  30. 30.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid

Answer key

  1. black text on yellow
  2. dark text on light paper
  3. proximity
  4. contrast
  5. a centred, even layout
  6. balance
  7. a mirror-image layout
  8. hierarchy
  9. True
  10. repetition
  11. a bright button on grey
  12. alignment
  13. white words on black
  14. False
  15. repetition
  16. caption close to photo
  17. both halves feel equal
  18. contrast
  19. alignment
  20. related items grouped
  21. hierarchy
  22. small print for details
  23. True
  24. small print for details
  25. repeated bullet icons
  26. proximity
  27. False
  28. True
  29. proximity
  30. True
  31. a centred, even layout
  32. caption close to photo
  33. False
  34. repetition
  35. True
  36. balance
  37. False
  38. hierarchy
  39. dark text on light paper
  40. contact details together

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