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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 397 · 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 of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  19. 19.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  31. 31.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  35. 35.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  36. 36.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. most important first
  2. alignment
  3. contrast
  4. False
  5. True
  6. hierarchy
  7. small print for details
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. contrast
  10. repetition
  11. a centred, even layout
  12. False
  13. balance
  14. contact details together
  15. repeated bullet icons
  16. False
  17. True
  18. both halves feel equal
  19. False
  20. balance
  21. the title is the largest
  22. hierarchy
  23. dark text on light paper
  24. one border on all pages
  25. hierarchy
  26. proximity
  27. a bright button on grey
  28. False
  29. True
  30. alignment
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. small print for details
  35. repetition
  36. balance
  37. pictures in a neat line
  38. most important first
  39. contrast
  40. proximity

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