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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 357 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  10. 10.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  15. 15.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  18. 18.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  20. 20.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  22. 22.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. repetition
  3. proximity
  4. alignment
  5. alignment
  6. repetition
  7. hierarchy
  8. hierarchy
  9. one border on all pages
  10. True
  11. matching heading styles
  12. True
  13. hierarchy
  14. a bright button on grey
  15. True
  16. pictures in a neat line
  17. related items grouped
  18. False
  19. the title is the largest
  20. balance
  21. contrast
  22. False
  23. True
  24. repetition
  25. caption close to photo
  26. alignment
  27. balance
  28. repetition
  29. a mirror-image layout
  30. white words on black
  31. True
  32. caption close to photo
  33. proximity
  34. the title is the largest
  35. False
  36. contrast
  37. related items grouped
  38. False
  39. both halves feel equal
  40. dark text on light paper

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