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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 43 · 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 balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  13. 13.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  17. 17.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  30. 30.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  34. 34.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  40. 40.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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