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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 533 · 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) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  9. 9.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  11. 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  17. 17.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  19. 19.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) a centred, even layout
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  29. 29.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  33. 33.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  36. 36.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  38. 38.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. related items grouped
  3. alignment
  4. True
  5. balance
  6. balance
  7. caption close to photo
  8. balance
  9. False
  10. a bright button on grey
  11. alignment
  12. repeated bullet icons
  13. one border on all pages
  14. proximity
  15. hierarchy
  16. hierarchy
  17. False
  18. proximity
  19. False
  20. caption close to photo
  21. repetition
  22. True
  23. white words on black
  24. captions on a grid
  25. contrast
  26. True
  27. both halves feel equal
  28. captions on a grid
  29. False
  30. left edges lined up
  31. matching heading styles
  32. related items grouped
  33. False
  34. repetition
  35. most important first
  36. False
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. True
  39. False
  40. repetition

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