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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 226 · 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 repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  11. 11.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition

Answer key

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

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