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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 279 · 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: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  9. 9.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  14. 14.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  20. 20.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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