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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 373 · 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 design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 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
  22. 22.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  40. 40.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. False
  3. alignment
  4. hierarchy
  5. repetition
  6. contrast
  7. repetition
  8. True
  9. black text on yellow
  10. True
  11. balance
  12. contrast
  13. proximity
  14. a bright button on grey
  15. both halves feel equal
  16. most important first
  17. one border on all pages
  18. caption close to photo
  19. captions on a grid
  20. True
  21. the title is the largest
  22. True
  23. a centred, even layout
  24. contrast
  25. hierarchy
  26. False
  27. a centred, even layout
  28. balance
  29. small print for details
  30. alignment
  31. related items grouped
  32. balance
  33. repetition
  34. most important first
  35. small print for details
  36. caption close to photo
  37. matching heading styles
  38. True
  39. proximity
  40. True

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