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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

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

Answer key

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

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