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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 260 · 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: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  3. 3.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  8. 8.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  10. 10.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  25. 25.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  31. 31.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  37. 37.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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