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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 498 · 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) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  2. 2.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  13. 13.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  15. 15.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  19. 19.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  25. 25.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  38. 38.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. True
  3. False
  4. alignment
  5. contrast
  6. contact details together
  7. hierarchy
  8. balance
  9. alignment
  10. white words on black
  11. related items grouped
  12. proximity
  13. True
  14. the title is the largest
  15. True
  16. a centred, even layout
  17. hierarchy
  18. alignment
  19. False
  20. repetition
  21. repetition
  22. False
  23. related items grouped
  24. hierarchy
  25. True
  26. dark text on light paper
  27. contrast
  28. the title is the largest
  29. a mirror-image layout
  30. caption close to photo
  31. one border on all pages
  32. False
  33. contrast
  34. dark text on light paper
  35. pictures in a neat line
  36. white words on black
  37. captions on a grid
  38. False
  39. black text on yellow
  40. True

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