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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 244 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  8. 8.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  11. 11.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  26. 26.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  29. 29.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  38. 38.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  39. 39.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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