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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 365 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  7. 7.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  16. 16.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  21. 21.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) small print for details
  30. 30.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  39. 39.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. False
  3. repeated bullet icons
  4. repetition
  5. contrast
  6. a mirror-image layout
  7. False
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. contrast
  10. False
  11. small print for details
  12. alignment
  13. hierarchy
  14. hierarchy
  15. dark text on light paper
  16. False
  17. one border on all pages
  18. caption close to photo
  19. related items grouped
  20. small print for details
  21. False
  22. proximity
  23. False
  24. contrast
  25. contact details together
  26. one border on all pages
  27. False
  28. contact details together
  29. black text on yellow
  30. False
  31. alignment
  32. captions on a grid
  33. False
  34. contrast
  35. balance
  36. True
  37. True
  38. repetition
  39. True
  40. pictures in a neat line

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