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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 411 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  9. 9.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  12. 12.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  14. 14.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) one border on all pages
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  25. 25.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  26. 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  31. 31.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout

Answer key

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

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