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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 355 · 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) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  12. 12.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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