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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 567 · 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) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  8. 8.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) small print for details
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  26. 26.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  31. 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  39. 39.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. white words on black
  2. black text on yellow
  3. contrast
  4. contrast
  5. alignment
  6. contact details together
  7. contrast
  8. hierarchy
  9. black text on yellow
  10. small print for details
  11. dark text on light paper
  12. False
  13. caption close to photo
  14. proximity
  15. False
  16. contrast
  17. balance
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. both halves feel equal
  20. proximity
  21. captions on a grid
  22. False
  23. repetition
  24. repetition
  25. white words on black
  26. False
  27. the title is the largest
  28. True
  29. one border on all pages
  30. both halves feel equal
  31. False
  32. matching heading styles
  33. False
  34. most important first
  35. caption close to photo
  36. False
  37. True
  38. contrast
  39. False
  40. True

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