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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 218 · 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) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  6. 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  18. 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  24. 24.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  32. 32.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. a bright button on grey
  2. hierarchy
  3. proximity
  4. contrast
  5. both halves feel equal
  6. False
  7. left edges lined up
  8. most important first
  9. repeated bullet icons
  10. False
  11. repetition
  12. repeated bullet icons
  13. True
  14. proximity
  15. False
  16. left edges lined up
  17. related items grouped
  18. repetition
  19. hierarchy
  20. contrast
  21. repetition
  22. True
  23. contrast
  24. True
  25. dark text on light paper
  26. balance
  27. alignment
  28. True
  29. repetition
  30. black text on yellow
  31. hierarchy
  32. False
  33. False
  34. balance
  35. captions on a grid
  36. False
  37. False
  38. contact details together
  39. one border on all pages
  40. proximity

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