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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 546 · 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) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  35. 35.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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