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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 272 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  14. 14.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  31. 31.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  40. 40.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. related items grouped
  2. caption close to photo
  3. small print for details
  4. hierarchy
  5. most important first
  6. proximity
  7. hierarchy
  8. False
  9. balance
  10. captions on a grid
  11. a mirror-image layout
  12. black text on yellow
  13. a centred, even layout
  14. alignment
  15. repeated bullet icons
  16. contrast
  17. True
  18. False
  19. repetition
  20. False
  21. True
  22. contrast
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a bright button on grey
  26. False
  27. True
  28. contrast
  29. alignment
  30. contrast
  31. True
  32. False
  33. caption close to photo
  34. matching heading styles
  35. matching heading styles
  36. alignment
  37. repetition
  38. repetition
  39. repeated bullet icons
  40. False

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