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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 441 · 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: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  9. 9.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  25. 25.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  33. 33.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

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

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