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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. hierarchy
  3. True
  4. repetition
  5. most important first
  6. alignment
  7. a mirror-image layout
  8. alignment
  9. repetition
  10. alignment
  11. False
  12. proximity
  13. captions on a grid
  14. False
  15. False
  16. contrast
  17. balance
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. pictures in a neat line
  20. True
  21. hierarchy
  22. hierarchy
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. repetition
  27. True
  28. proximity
  29. contrast
  30. pictures in a neat line
  31. white words on black
  32. False
  33. contact details together
  34. contrast
  35. dark text on light paper
  36. repeated bullet icons
  37. balance
  38. caption close to photo
  39. False
  40. True

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