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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 265 · 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 design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  6. 6.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  15. 15.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) caption close to photo
  23. 23.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  30. 30.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  40. 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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