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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 206 · 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: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  2. 2.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  14. 14.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  15. 15.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  20. 20.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  23. 23.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  24. 24.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) contact details together
  27. 27.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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