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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 209 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  15. 15.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
  20. 20.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  29. 29.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout

Answer key

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

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