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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 430 · 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) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  7. 7.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  13. 13.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  25. 25.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  27. 27.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  35. 35.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  40. 40.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the title is the largest
  2. balance
  3. balance
  4. repetition
  5. most important first
  6. balance
  7. False
  8. left edges lined up
  9. proximity
  10. True
  11. caption close to photo
  12. captions on a grid
  13. True
  14. repetition
  15. matching heading styles
  16. False
  17. True
  18. alignment
  19. False
  20. True
  21. proximity
  22. contrast
  23. repetition
  24. hierarchy
  25. alignment
  26. proximity
  27. repeated bullet icons
  28. False
  29. True
  30. contrast
  31. False
  32. alignment
  33. contrast
  34. contact details together
  35. True
  36. pictures in a neat line
  37. True
  38. False
  39. one border on all pages
  40. True

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