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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 379 · 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) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  13. 13.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  17. 17.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  19. 19.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  21. 21.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  32. 32.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  37. 37.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  40. 40.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mirror-image layout
  2. repetition
  3. balance
  4. repetition
  5. related items grouped
  6. contrast
  7. True
  8. contrast
  9. captions on a grid
  10. proximity
  11. left edges lined up
  12. the title is the largest
  13. False
  14. matching heading styles
  15. a bright button on grey
  16. contact details together
  17. False
  18. dark text on light paper
  19. True
  20. alignment
  21. repeated bullet icons
  22. matching heading styles
  23. contact details together
  24. contrast
  25. False
  26. hierarchy
  27. alignment
  28. True
  29. left edges lined up
  30. related items grouped
  31. dark text on light paper
  32. True
  33. hierarchy
  34. captions on a grid
  35. alignment
  36. the title is the largest
  37. False
  38. both halves feel equal
  39. proximity
  40. False

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