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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 54 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  8. 8.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  10. 10.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  17. 17.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  21. 21.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) a centred, even layout
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  37. 37.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  38. 38.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black
  39. 39.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout

Answer key

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

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