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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 197 · 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: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  7. 7.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  11. 11.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  21. 21.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  24. 24.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

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

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