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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 231 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  2. 2.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  7. 7.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  8. 8.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) white words on black
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  20. 20.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  27. 27.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  34. 34.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

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

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