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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 401 · 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 centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  3. 3.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  14. 14.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  24. 24.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  29. 29.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  32. 32.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  39. 39.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

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

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