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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 187 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  11. 11.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  14. 14.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  16. 16.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 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
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance

Answer key

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

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