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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 46 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  7. 7.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  20. 20.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  22. 22.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  36. 36.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. a mirror-image layout
  3. left edges lined up
  4. True
  5. repetition
  6. proximity
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. hierarchy
  11. balance
  12. True
  13. related items grouped
  14. proximity
  15. contact details together
  16. repeated bullet icons
  17. hierarchy
  18. proximity
  19. caption close to photo
  20. True
  21. a centred, even layout
  22. True
  23. contrast
  24. both halves feel equal
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. one border on all pages
  29. alignment
  30. most important first
  31. False
  32. pictures in a neat line
  33. contrast
  34. proximity
  35. pictures in a neat line
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. repetition
  40. contrast

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