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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 456 · 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.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  2. 2.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  16. 16.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  18. 18.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) a mirror-image layout
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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