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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 372 · 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 balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  3. 3.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  7. 7.🔍 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  10. 10.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  14. 14.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) a mirror-image layout
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  39. 39.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance

Answer key

  1. both halves feel equal
  2. proximity
  3. True
  4. contrast
  5. contrast
  6. repetition
  7. contact details together
  8. a centred, even layout
  9. left edges lined up
  10. False
  11. a centred, even layout
  12. True
  13. repeated bullet icons
  14. alignment
  15. repetition
  16. pictures in a neat line
  17. white words on black
  18. matching heading styles
  19. pictures in a neat line
  20. proximity
  21. hierarchy
  22. False
  23. left edges lined up
  24. contrast
  25. contrast
  26. repeated bullet icons
  27. hierarchy
  28. False
  29. small print for details
  30. hierarchy
  31. hierarchy
  32. False
  33. captions on a grid
  34. contrast
  35. proximity
  36. related items grouped
  37. alignment
  38. matching heading styles
  39. balance
  40. balance

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