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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 371 · 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) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  12. 12.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  15. 15.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  25. 25.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  35. 35.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal

Answer key

  1. matching heading styles
  2. left edges lined up
  3. contrast
  4. repetition
  5. hierarchy
  6. one border on all pages
  7. alignment
  8. the title is the largest
  9. related items grouped
  10. pictures in a neat line
  11. caption close to photo
  12. False
  13. False
  14. repetition
  15. True
  16. pictures in a neat line
  17. balance
  18. False
  19. both halves feel equal
  20. proximity
  21. proximity
  22. True
  23. hierarchy
  24. contrast
  25. True
  26. repetition
  27. contact details together
  28. False
  29. alignment
  30. captions on a grid
  31. left edges lined up
  32. black text on yellow
  33. True
  34. matching heading styles
  35. False
  36. alignment
  37. balance
  38. repeated bullet icons
  39. contrast
  40. contact details together

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