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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. False
  3. False
  4. repetition
  5. True
  6. a mirror-image layout
  7. a bright button on grey
  8. both halves feel equal
  9. repetition
  10. captions on a grid
  11. contrast
  12. dark text on light paper
  13. contrast
  14. False
  15. alignment
  16. alignment
  17. hierarchy
  18. contrast
  19. hierarchy
  20. False
  21. a mirror-image layout
  22. related items grouped
  23. matching heading styles
  24. contrast
  25. proximity
  26. False
  27. contrast
  28. proximity
  29. False
  30. proximity
  31. small print for details
  32. alignment
  33. both halves feel equal
  34. True
  35. hierarchy
  36. True
  37. matching heading styles
  38. hierarchy
  39. True
  40. most important first

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