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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 492 · 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: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  6. 6.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  11. 11.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  21. 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  32. 32.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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