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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 188 · 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) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  3. 3.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  9. 9.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  13. 13.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  17. 17.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  27. 27.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  30. 30.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  36. 36.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. small print for details
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. both halves feel equal
  7. hierarchy
  8. repetition
  9. False
  10. balance
  11. False
  12. black text on yellow
  13. False
  14. caption close to photo
  15. a centred, even layout
  16. proximity
  17. False
  18. contrast
  19. captions on a grid
  20. both halves feel equal
  21. pictures in a neat line
  22. contrast
  23. caption close to photo
  24. contrast
  25. False
  26. one border on all pages
  27. True
  28. contrast
  29. repetition
  30. captions on a grid
  31. alignment
  32. balance
  33. hierarchy
  34. proximity
  35. most important first
  36. True
  37. True
  38. a bright button on grey
  39. proximity
  40. hierarchy

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