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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 275 · 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: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  11. 11.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  12. 12.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  14. 14.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) contact details together
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. left edges lined up
  3. proximity
  4. alignment
  5. hierarchy
  6. balance
  7. pictures in a neat line
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. related items grouped
  10. most important first
  11. repetition
  12. False
  13. the title is the largest
  14. both halves feel equal
  15. left edges lined up
  16. both halves feel equal
  17. alignment
  18. pictures in a neat line
  19. hierarchy
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a mirror-image layout
  23. repeated bullet icons
  24. alignment
  25. dark text on light paper
  26. False
  27. True
  28. contact details together
  29. white words on black
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. repeated bullet icons
  34. matching heading styles
  35. black text on yellow
  36. False
  37. contrast
  38. proximity
  39. True
  40. False

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