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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 481 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  29. 29.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) caption close to photo (c) a centred, even layout (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. alignment
  3. True
  4. False
  5. the title is the largest
  6. alignment
  7. hierarchy
  8. small print for details
  9. dark text on light paper
  10. pictures in a neat line
  11. False
  12. balance
  13. hierarchy
  14. proximity
  15. white words on black
  16. False
  17. True
  18. proximity
  19. a centred, even layout
  20. proximity
  21. contrast
  22. white words on black
  23. a bright button on grey
  24. True
  25. a mirror-image layout
  26. contrast
  27. proximity
  28. balance
  29. False
  30. True
  31. alignment
  32. True
  33. False
  34. contrast
  35. a mirror-image layout
  36. balance
  37. the title is the largest
  38. repetition
  39. left edges lined up
  40. pictures in a neat line

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