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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 292 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  2. 2.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  4. 4.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  14. 14.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  18. 18.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  21. 21.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  24. 24.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  29. 29.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  32. 32.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  37. 37.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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