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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 333 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  12. 12.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  16. 16.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  19. 19.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  24. 24.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  27. 27.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  35. 35.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  40. 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. black text on yellow
  3. True
  4. False
  5. balance
  6. proximity
  7. related items grouped
  8. balance
  9. caption close to photo
  10. alignment
  11. contact details together
  12. False
  13. small print for details
  14. black text on yellow
  15. contrast
  16. True
  17. balance
  18. dark text on light paper
  19. False
  20. contrast
  21. hierarchy
  22. contrast
  23. alignment
  24. repetition
  25. pictures in a neat line
  26. dark text on light paper
  27. True
  28. False
  29. hierarchy
  30. a mirror-image layout
  31. False
  32. hierarchy
  33. proximity
  34. contact details together
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. the title is the largest
  39. contrast
  40. False

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