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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 192 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  7. 7.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  17. 17.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) white words on black
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  28. 28.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  39. 39.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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