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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 326 · 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: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  9. 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  13. 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  16. 16.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details

Answer key

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

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