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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 500 · 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: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  11. 11.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) a centred, even layout (d) captions on a grid
  13. 13.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) small print for details
  15. 15.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  17. 17.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  18. 18.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  26. 26.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  36. 36.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  38. 38.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. contrast
  3. hierarchy
  4. repetition
  5. most important first
  6. white words on black
  7. repeated bullet icons
  8. balance
  9. one border on all pages
  10. alignment
  11. True
  12. a centred, even layout
  13. False
  14. small print for details
  15. False
  16. pictures in a neat line
  17. contrast
  18. False
  19. True
  20. black text on yellow
  21. one border on all pages
  22. repetition
  23. repetition
  24. matching heading styles
  25. alignment
  26. False
  27. left edges lined up
  28. white words on black
  29. hierarchy
  30. hierarchy
  31. small print for details
  32. most important first
  33. balance
  34. alignment
  35. contrast
  36. repetition
  37. a centred, even layout
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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