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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

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

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