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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 554 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  7. 7.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  22. 22.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  31. 31.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  37. 37.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. one border on all pages
  3. contrast
  4. proximity
  5. related items grouped
  6. matching heading styles
  7. False
  8. balance
  9. alignment
  10. False
  11. True
  12. one border on all pages
  13. repetition
  14. hierarchy
  15. True
  16. a mirror-image layout
  17. repetition
  18. left edges lined up
  19. black text on yellow
  20. hierarchy
  21. hierarchy
  22. True
  23. False
  24. hierarchy
  25. repeated bullet icons
  26. False
  27. proximity
  28. True
  29. contrast
  30. proximity
  31. False
  32. balance
  33. related items grouped
  34. proximity
  35. balance
  36. alignment
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. dark text on light paper

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