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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 193 · 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) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  2. 2.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  5. 5.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  14. 14.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  25. 25.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  28. 28.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  32. 32.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 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
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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