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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 573 · 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) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  5. 5.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  19. 19.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  23. 23.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  29. 29.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  34. 34.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  38. 38.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details

Answer key

  1. both halves feel equal
  2. repetition
  3. alignment
  4. most important first
  5. False
  6. a mirror-image layout
  7. left edges lined up
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. a mirror-image layout
  10. balance
  11. proximity
  12. False
  13. alignment
  14. pictures in a neat line
  15. repeated bullet icons
  16. False
  17. True
  18. contrast
  19. False
  20. contact details together
  21. most important first
  22. contrast
  23. True
  24. contrast
  25. False
  26. repeated bullet icons
  27. the title is the largest
  28. contrast
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. captions on a grid
  34. balance
  35. True
  36. False
  37. white words on black
  38. hierarchy
  39. balance
  40. matching heading styles

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