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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 406 · 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 alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) white words on black
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  39. 39.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. left edges lined up
  2. repetition
  3. most important first
  4. proximity
  5. True
  6. repetition
  7. alignment
  8. balance
  9. captions on a grid
  10. caption close to photo
  11. dark text on light paper
  12. a mirror-image layout
  13. both halves feel equal
  14. dark text on light paper
  15. proximity
  16. repeated bullet icons
  17. balance
  18. white words on black
  19. True
  20. hierarchy
  21. left edges lined up
  22. one border on all pages
  23. a mirror-image layout
  24. black text on yellow
  25. True
  26. False
  27. hierarchy
  28. alignment
  29. proximity
  30. contrast
  31. balance
  32. both halves feel equal
  33. hierarchy
  34. proximity
  35. captions on a grid
  36. alignment
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. contrast
  39. False
  40. False

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