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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 488 · 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) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  4. 4.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) caption close to photo
  16. 16.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  20. 20.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  23. 23.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  34. 34.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  38. 38.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. False
  3. contrast
  4. True
  5. the title is the largest
  6. small print for details
  7. repetition
  8. both halves feel equal
  9. pictures in a neat line
  10. alignment
  11. balance
  12. contrast
  13. repetition
  14. black text on yellow
  15. matching heading styles
  16. contrast
  17. hierarchy
  18. the title is the largest
  19. both halves feel equal
  20. False
  21. captions on a grid
  22. repetition
  23. True
  24. False
  25. most important first
  26. False
  27. hierarchy
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. contrast
  33. a centred, even layout
  34. True
  35. a mirror-image layout
  36. True
  37. dark text on light paper
  38. False
  39. True
  40. related items grouped

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