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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 310 · 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: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  13. 13.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) small print for details
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  18. 18.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  29. 29.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  33. 33.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  34. 34.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout

Answer key

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

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