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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 519 · 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: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  9. 9.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) contact details together
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  21. 21.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  28. 28.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  35. 35.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. the title is the largest
  3. contrast
  4. balance
  5. a centred, even layout
  6. True
  7. contrast
  8. repetition
  9. False
  10. hierarchy
  11. pictures in a neat line
  12. one border on all pages
  13. a mirror-image layout
  14. False
  15. repetition
  16. proximity
  17. alignment
  18. contact details together
  19. balance
  20. proximity
  21. True
  22. True
  23. matching heading styles
  24. alignment
  25. hierarchy
  26. matching heading styles
  27. pictures in a neat line
  28. alignment
  29. contrast
  30. False
  31. most important first
  32. left edges lined up
  33. repeated bullet icons
  34. captions on a grid
  35. True
  36. captions on a grid
  37. proximity
  38. True
  39. alignment
  40. repetition

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