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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 464 · 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: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  6. 6.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  8. 8.🔍 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
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  16. 16.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  18. 18.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  25. 25.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) both halves feel equal (d) contact details together
  29. 29.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  34. 34.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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