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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 307 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  16. 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  25. 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  36. 36.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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