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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 528 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  3. 3.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) caption close to photo
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  7. 7.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  9. 9.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

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

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