← Principles of design lesson New set →

Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 439 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. alignment
  3. False
  4. the title is the largest
  5. black text on yellow
  6. balance
  7. balance
  8. left edges lined up
  9. contrast
  10. hierarchy
  11. proximity
  12. a centred, even layout
  13. False
  14. most important first
  15. proximity
  16. contrast
  17. hierarchy
  18. True
  19. pictures in a neat line
  20. True
  21. repetition
  22. caption close to photo
  23. contrast
  24. most important first
  25. a mirror-image layout
  26. True
  27. contrast
  28. balance
  29. balance
  30. small print for details
  31. False
  32. repetition
  33. repetition
  34. dark text on light paper
  35. True
  36. white words on black
  37. False
  38. alignment
  39. hierarchy
  40. repeated bullet icons

Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids