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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 396 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  20. 20.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  27. 27.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  39. 39.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. False
  3. contrast
  4. False
  5. contrast
  6. repetition
  7. True
  8. white words on black
  9. True
  10. balance
  11. True
  12. alignment
  13. white words on black
  14. False
  15. a mirror-image layout
  16. balance
  17. False
  18. True
  19. left edges lined up
  20. repetition
  21. black text on yellow
  22. a centred, even layout
  23. hierarchy
  24. contact details together
  25. contrast
  26. most important first
  27. True
  28. balance
  29. related items grouped
  30. related items grouped
  31. contrast
  32. hierarchy
  33. the title is the largest
  34. pictures in a neat line
  35. proximity
  36. a mirror-image layout
  37. alignment
  38. contrast
  39. hierarchy
  40. alignment

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