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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 517 · 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: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  11. 11.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  16. 16.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  19. 19.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  26. 26.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 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
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  31. 31.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. repetition
  3. False
  4. True
  5. contrast
  6. alignment
  7. proximity
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. False
  10. a bright button on grey
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. contrast
  15. contact details together
  16. balance
  17. left edges lined up
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. False
  20. related items grouped
  21. a bright button on grey
  22. hierarchy
  23. white words on black
  24. pictures in a neat line
  25. repetition
  26. False
  27. hierarchy
  28. False
  29. captions on a grid
  30. repeated bullet icons
  31. False
  32. small print for details
  33. False
  34. False
  35. True
  36. hierarchy
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. one border on all pages
  39. a mirror-image layout
  40. a mirror-image layout

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