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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 434 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) the title is the largest
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  19. 19.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  21. 21.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

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

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