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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 176 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) matching heading styles (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  6. 6.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  9. 9.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  17. 17.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  35. 35.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  38. 38.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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