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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 395 · 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) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  2. 2.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  5. 5.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) a bright button on grey
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  25. 25.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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