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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 248 · 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 contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  2. 2.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  10. 10.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  17. 17.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  19. 19.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  22. 22.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. black text on yellow
  2. False
  3. False
  4. a mirror-image layout
  5. matching heading styles
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. contrast
  10. True
  11. dark text on light paper
  12. repetition
  13. contrast
  14. proximity
  15. one border on all pages
  16. proximity
  17. False
  18. balance
  19. False
  20. dark text on light paper
  21. matching heading styles
  22. alignment
  23. related items grouped
  24. repeated bullet icons
  25. hierarchy
  26. alignment
  27. caption close to photo
  28. hierarchy
  29. proximity
  30. proximity
  31. a bright button on grey
  32. contrast
  33. a centred, even layout
  34. white words on black
  35. most important first
  36. repetition
  37. hierarchy
  38. True
  39. alignment
  40. repetition

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