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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 445 · 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: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  6. 6.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  12. 12.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  16. 16.🔍 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
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  20. 20.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  24. 24.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  34. 34.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper

Answer key

  1. True
  2. small print for details
  3. contrast
  4. proximity
  5. proximity
  6. False
  7. left edges lined up
  8. repetition
  9. matching heading styles
  10. hierarchy
  11. proximity
  12. False
  13. matching heading styles
  14. most important first
  15. one border on all pages
  16. both halves feel equal
  17. contrast
  18. True
  19. white words on black
  20. False
  21. False
  22. alignment
  23. repetition
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a bright button on grey
  27. balance
  28. True
  29. caption close to photo
  30. True
  31. repetition
  32. a bright button on grey
  33. both halves feel equal
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. balance
  38. False
  39. hierarchy
  40. related items grouped

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