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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 455 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  5. 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  6. 6.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  12. 12.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  14. 14.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  17. 17.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  21. 21.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) the title is the largest (d) both halves feel equal
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  35. 35.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  39. 39.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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