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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 222 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  7. 7.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  16. 16.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  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.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  21. 21.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  24. 24.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.🔍 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
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. repeated bullet icons
  2. proximity
  3. proximity
  4. False
  5. caption close to photo
  6. contrast
  7. False
  8. alignment
  9. True
  10. a centred, even layout
  11. hierarchy
  12. pictures in a neat line
  13. related items grouped
  14. contact details together
  15. black text on yellow
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. contrast
  20. alignment
  21. False
  22. True
  23. both halves feel equal
  24. one border on all pages
  25. balance
  26. repetition
  27. alignment
  28. a bright button on grey
  29. contrast
  30. left edges lined up
  31. alignment
  32. a centred, even layout
  33. True
  34. white words on black
  35. repetition
  36. repetition
  37. contrast
  38. contrast
  39. the title is the largest
  40. hierarchy

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