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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 537 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  3. 3.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  8. 8.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. balance
  3. a mirror-image layout
  4. captions on a grid
  5. contrast
  6. False
  7. a mirror-image layout
  8. False
  9. proximity
  10. pictures in a neat line
  11. contrast
  12. True
  13. repeated bullet icons
  14. False
  15. a centred, even layout
  16. a bright button on grey
  17. alignment
  18. both halves feel equal
  19. black text on yellow
  20. repeated bullet icons
  21. caption close to photo
  22. True
  23. True
  24. True
  25. repetition
  26. balance
  27. dark text on light paper
  28. hierarchy
  29. False
  30. False
  31. repetition
  32. False
  33. hierarchy
  34. balance
  35. contrast
  36. left edges lined up
  37. a centred, even layout
  38. alignment
  39. one border on all pages
  40. False

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