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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 198 · 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: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  11. 11.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  14. 14.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  31. 31.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  38. 38.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. False
  3. related items grouped
  4. alignment
  5. left edges lined up
  6. False
  7. matching heading styles
  8. matching heading styles
  9. both halves feel equal
  10. proximity
  11. True
  12. repetition
  13. proximity
  14. False
  15. False
  16. proximity
  17. balance
  18. False
  19. alignment
  20. False
  21. most important first
  22. hierarchy
  23. dark text on light paper
  24. True
  25. repeated bullet icons
  26. repetition
  27. alignment
  28. contrast
  29. False
  30. left edges lined up
  31. False
  32. small print for details
  33. False
  34. pictures in a neat line
  35. small print for details
  36. True
  37. pictures in a neat line
  38. False
  39. False
  40. hierarchy

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