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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 475 · 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 balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  3. 3.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  12. 12.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  19. 19.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  21. 21.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  25. 25.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  27. 27.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  29. 29.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) a centred, even layout (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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