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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 185 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  3. 3.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  7. 7.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  8. 8.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) caption close to photo
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  15. 15.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) most important first
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  30. 30.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  36. 36.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. pictures in a neat line
  3. True
  4. alignment
  5. left edges lined up
  6. most important first
  7. repetition
  8. one border on all pages
  9. matching heading styles
  10. small print for details
  11. balance
  12. both halves feel equal
  13. both halves feel equal
  14. related items grouped
  15. True
  16. proximity
  17. a bright button on grey
  18. alignment
  19. True
  20. contrast
  21. caption close to photo
  22. False
  23. dark text on light paper
  24. hierarchy
  25. white words on black
  26. contrast
  27. black text on yellow
  28. balance
  29. balance
  30. False
  31. alignment
  32. False
  33. True
  34. repeated bullet icons
  35. contrast
  36. True
  37. a mirror-image layout
  38. repetition
  39. False
  40. hierarchy

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