← Principles of design lesson New set →

Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 44 · 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.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  13. 13.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  37. 37.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) caption close to photo

Answer key

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

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