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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 268 · 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: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  18. 18.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  21. 21.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  31. 31.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details

Answer key

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

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