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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 534 · 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: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  9. 9.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  19. 19.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  21. 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  24. 24.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  29. 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  32. 32.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  36. 36.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  39. 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. True
  3. hierarchy
  4. the title is the largest
  5. a bright button on grey
  6. most important first
  7. one border on all pages
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. repetition
  10. proximity
  11. repeated bullet icons
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. repetition
  16. True
  17. contrast
  18. matching heading styles
  19. True
  20. proximity
  21. contrast
  22. pictures in a neat line
  23. contrast
  24. alignment
  25. dark text on light paper
  26. left edges lined up
  27. proximity
  28. one border on all pages
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a bright button on grey
  32. False
  33. True
  34. small print for details
  35. a centred, even layout
  36. proximity
  37. hierarchy
  38. contrast
  39. False
  40. both halves feel equal

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