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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 484 · 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 contrast? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  3. 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  15. 15.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  20. 20.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  26. 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black

Answer key

  1. a bright button on grey
  2. the title is the largest
  3. repeated bullet icons
  4. contrast
  5. alignment
  6. True
  7. proximity
  8. hierarchy
  9. repeated bullet icons
  10. alignment
  11. black text on yellow
  12. contrast
  13. repetition
  14. balance
  15. contrast
  16. True
  17. proximity
  18. black text on yellow
  19. one border on all pages
  20. True
  21. left edges lined up
  22. both halves feel equal
  23. one border on all pages
  24. small print for details
  25. caption close to photo
  26. True
  27. most important first
  28. related items grouped
  29. balance
  30. repetition
  31. contrast
  32. captions on a grid
  33. white words on black
  34. alignment
  35. the title is the largest
  36. repetition
  37. False
  38. False
  39. captions on a grid
  40. white words on black

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