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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 531 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  4. 4.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  6. 6.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) contact details together
  7. 7.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  12. 12.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  15. 15.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  17. 17.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  18. 18.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  37. 37.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. pictures in a neat line
  3. caption close to photo
  4. True
  5. alignment
  6. left edges lined up
  7. False
  8. False
  9. balance
  10. balance
  11. proximity
  12. False
  13. proximity
  14. alignment
  15. False
  16. both halves feel equal
  17. alignment
  18. black text on yellow
  19. matching heading styles
  20. related items grouped
  21. the title is the largest
  22. balance
  23. False
  24. the title is the largest
  25. hierarchy
  26. repetition
  27. contact details together
  28. a mirror-image layout
  29. both halves feel equal
  30. related items grouped
  31. False
  32. one border on all pages
  33. left edges lined up
  34. repetition
  35. balance
  36. dark text on light paper
  37. proximity
  38. one border on all pages
  39. dark text on light paper
  40. False

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