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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 203 · 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: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  13. 13.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  20. 20.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  24. 24.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance

Answer key

  1. hierarchy
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. a centred, even layout
  6. hierarchy
  7. matching heading styles
  8. balance
  9. both halves feel equal
  10. captions on a grid
  11. alignment
  12. black text on yellow
  13. contrast
  14. repetition
  15. related items grouped
  16. repetition
  17. repeated bullet icons
  18. pictures in a neat line
  19. contrast
  20. a mirror-image layout
  21. balance
  22. False
  23. captions on a grid
  24. True
  25. pictures in a neat line
  26. matching heading styles
  27. proximity
  28. True
  29. True
  30. True
  31. a centred, even layout
  32. left edges lined up
  33. repeated bullet icons
  34. alignment
  35. hierarchy
  36. repetition
  37. contrast
  38. False
  39. False
  40. hierarchy

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