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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 405 · 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) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  5. 5.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  10. 10.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  18. 18.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  19. 19.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. True
  3. False
  4. hierarchy
  5. False
  6. proximity
  7. contact details together
  8. balance
  9. repetition
  10. contrast
  11. one border on all pages
  12. proximity
  13. hierarchy
  14. black text on yellow
  15. alignment
  16. alignment
  17. matching heading styles
  18. white words on black
  19. False
  20. False
  21. pictures in a neat line
  22. False
  23. dark text on light paper
  24. False
  25. balance
  26. caption close to photo
  27. balance
  28. balance
  29. captions on a grid
  30. False
  31. a centred, even layout
  32. hierarchy
  33. a bright button on grey
  34. proximity
  35. repeated bullet icons
  36. one border on all pages
  37. matching heading styles
  38. contrast
  39. repetition
  40. alignment

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