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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 266 · 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 contrast? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  14. 14.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  20. 20.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  27. 27.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) repeated bullet icons
  31. 31.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  35. 35.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  38. 38.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black

Answer key

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

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