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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 568 · 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) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  6. 6.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  10. 10.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  12. 12.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  21. 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  23. 23.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) caption close to photo
  34. 34.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid

Answer key

  1. repeated bullet icons
  2. repetition
  3. False
  4. proximity
  5. proximity
  6. True
  7. small print for details
  8. False
  9. related items grouped
  10. proximity
  11. hierarchy
  12. False
  13. True
  14. one border on all pages
  15. contrast
  16. contrast
  17. repetition
  18. False
  19. balance
  20. contact details together
  21. False
  22. the title is the largest
  23. hierarchy
  24. contact details together
  25. False
  26. matching heading styles
  27. True
  28. repeated bullet icons
  29. hierarchy
  30. False
  31. False
  32. pictures in a neat line
  33. a centred, even layout
  34. False
  35. False
  36. contrast
  37. balance
  38. hierarchy
  39. alignment
  40. captions on a grid

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