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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 302 · 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: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  6. 6.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  9. 9.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  29. 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow

Answer key

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

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