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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

  1. captions on a grid
  2. proximity
  3. hierarchy
  4. small print for details
  5. pictures in a neat line
  6. True
  7. hierarchy
  8. False
  9. False
  10. repetition
  11. contact details together
  12. repetition
  13. False
  14. both halves feel equal
  15. balance
  16. the title is the largest
  17. the title is the largest
  18. False
  19. True
  20. related items grouped
  21. balance
  22. contrast
  23. proximity
  24. repeated bullet icons
  25. a centred, even layout
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. proximity
  31. alignment
  32. True
  33. proximity
  34. matching heading styles
  35. hierarchy
  36. most important first
  37. True
  38. contrast
  39. white words on black
  40. True

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