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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 240 · 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.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  7. 7.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  14. 14.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  17. 17.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  28. 28.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  35. 35.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) black text on yellow
  39. 39.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped

Answer key

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

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