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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 258 · 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: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  6. 6.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  9. 9.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  13. 13.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  14. 14.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  19. 19.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  28. 28.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  31. 31.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  34. 34.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  37. 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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