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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 415 · 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 hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) white words on black
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  14. 14.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) related items grouped (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  32. 32.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

  1. most important first
  2. contrast
  3. proximity
  4. one border on all pages
  5. False
  6. black text on yellow
  7. repetition
  8. True
  9. dark text on light paper
  10. alignment
  11. False
  12. white words on black
  13. proximity
  14. hierarchy
  15. matching heading styles
  16. True
  17. False
  18. the title is the largest
  19. False
  20. a bright button on grey
  21. hierarchy
  22. pictures in a neat line
  23. contact details together
  24. balance
  25. black text on yellow
  26. True
  27. False
  28. small print for details
  29. caption close to photo
  30. captions on a grid
  31. small print for details
  32. contrast
  33. False
  34. both halves feel equal
  35. True
  36. contrast
  37. balance
  38. repetition
  39. contrast
  40. captions on a grid

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