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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 493 · 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 design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  5. 5.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  13. 13.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  22. 22.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  29. 29.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. hierarchy
  3. contrast
  4. the title is the largest
  5. True
  6. alignment
  7. repeated bullet icons
  8. balance
  9. black text on yellow
  10. hierarchy
  11. pictures in a neat line
  12. the title is the largest
  13. False
  14. both halves feel equal
  15. hierarchy
  16. a bright button on grey
  17. balance
  18. False
  19. True
  20. repetition
  21. balance
  22. False
  23. one border on all pages
  24. proximity
  25. matching heading styles
  26. True
  27. True
  28. contrast
  29. False
  30. True
  31. left edges lined up
  32. a bright button on grey
  33. most important first
  34. matching heading styles
  35. pictures in a neat line
  36. True
  37. alignment
  38. False
  39. both halves feel equal
  40. contact details together

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