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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. alignment
  3. matching heading styles
  4. alignment
  5. True
  6. hierarchy
  7. both halves feel equal
  8. True
  9. proximity
  10. True
  11. False
  12. contrast
  13. contrast
  14. most important first
  15. balance
  16. True
  17. contact details together
  18. repetition
  19. True
  20. matching heading styles
  21. left edges lined up
  22. one border on all pages
  23. False
  24. balance
  25. both halves feel equal
  26. True
  27. contrast
  28. the title is the largest
  29. False
  30. hierarchy
  31. alignment
  32. related items grouped
  33. proximity
  34. False
  35. pictures in a neat line
  36. True
  37. balance
  38. small print for details
  39. contact details together
  40. hierarchy

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