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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 346 · 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: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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