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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 256 · 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 repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  5. 5.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) a mirror-image layout
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  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) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  13. 13.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  21. 21.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  24. 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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