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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

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

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