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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 368 · 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 of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  23. 23.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  33. 33.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  40. 40.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. repeated bullet icons
  2. a centred, even layout
  3. proximity
  4. a bright button on grey
  5. white words on black
  6. True
  7. False
  8. white words on black
  9. alignment
  10. contrast
  11. contact details together
  12. proximity
  13. True
  14. pictures in a neat line
  15. a mirror-image layout
  16. False
  17. False
  18. hierarchy
  19. proximity
  20. False
  21. related items grouped
  22. a bright button on grey
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a mirror-image layout
  26. contrast
  27. hierarchy
  28. the title is the largest
  29. hierarchy
  30. caption close to photo
  31. False
  32. contrast
  33. False
  34. alignment
  35. both halves feel equal
  36. captions on a grid
  37. most important first
  38. repetition
  39. balance
  40. True

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