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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 425 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  36. 36.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

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

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