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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 345 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  2. 2.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  13. 13.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  19. 19.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  33. 33.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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