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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 233 · 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 design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  7. 7.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  19. 19.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  21. 21.🔍 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
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  39. 39.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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