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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 306 · 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: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  13. 13.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) a mirror-image layout
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  27. 27.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together

Answer key

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

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