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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 440 · 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.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  10. 10.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  25. 25.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) small print for details
  27. 27.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  31. 31.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) dark text on light paper
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details

Answer key

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

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