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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 219 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  3. 3.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  6. 6.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  31. 31.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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