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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 172 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  24. 24.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  34. 34.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  36. 36.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  37. 37.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment

Answer key

  1. hierarchy
  2. pictures in a neat line
  3. dark text on light paper
  4. alignment
  5. contact details together
  6. black text on yellow
  7. caption close to photo
  8. proximity
  9. balance
  10. contrast
  11. contrast
  12. caption close to photo
  13. repetition
  14. False
  15. left edges lined up
  16. hierarchy
  17. repetition
  18. captions on a grid
  19. contrast
  20. most important first
  21. related items grouped
  22. False
  23. matching heading styles
  24. the title is the largest
  25. hierarchy
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. related items grouped
  31. hierarchy
  32. pictures in a neat line
  33. one border on all pages
  34. True
  35. dark text on light paper
  36. alignment
  37. False
  38. True
  39. proximity
  40. contrast

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