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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 502 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  2. 2.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  9. 9.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  19. 19.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  23. 23.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  25. 25.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  34. 34.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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