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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 340 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  7. 7.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  9. 9.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  23. 23.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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