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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 55 · 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: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  3. 3.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) caption close to photo
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  20. 20.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  27. 27.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  31. 31.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. balance
  3. False
  4. True
  5. pictures in a neat line
  6. balance
  7. left edges lined up
  8. contrast
  9. alignment
  10. False
  11. True
  12. a bright button on grey
  13. both halves feel equal
  14. hierarchy
  15. hierarchy
  16. repetition
  17. repetition
  18. contact details together
  19. repetition
  20. False
  21. proximity
  22. contrast
  23. a mirror-image layout
  24. captions on a grid
  25. related items grouped
  26. repetition
  27. False
  28. black text on yellow
  29. the title is the largest
  30. a mirror-image layout
  31. False
  32. a centred, even layout
  33. black text on yellow
  34. hierarchy
  35. related items grouped
  36. contrast
  37. contrast
  38. True
  39. True
  40. alignment

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