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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 559 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) small print for details
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  9. 9.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  21. 21.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) a centred, even layout (c) white words on black (d) contact details together
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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