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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 421 · 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.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  4. 4.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  12. 12.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  17. 17.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  21. 21.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  23. 23.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  28. 28.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  31. 31.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) captions on a grid
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout

Answer key

  1. False
  2. contrast
  3. most important first
  4. False
  5. left edges lined up
  6. dark text on light paper
  7. contact details together
  8. balance
  9. proximity
  10. a mirror-image layout
  11. proximity
  12. True
  13. captions on a grid
  14. repeated bullet icons
  15. the title is the largest
  16. repetition
  17. False
  18. alignment
  19. both halves feel equal
  20. alignment
  21. True
  22. hierarchy
  23. True
  24. pictures in a neat line
  25. contrast
  26. hierarchy
  27. captions on a grid
  28. False
  29. hierarchy
  30. repeated bullet icons
  31. alignment
  32. hierarchy
  33. False
  34. a bright button on grey
  35. contrast
  36. False
  37. black text on yellow
  38. white words on black
  39. repetition
  40. matching heading styles

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