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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 578 · 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.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  9. 9.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  18. 18.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  20. 20.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  22. 22.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance

Answer key

  1. False
  2. one border on all pages
  3. left edges lined up
  4. True
  5. proximity
  6. matching heading styles
  7. True
  8. caption close to photo
  9. False
  10. alignment
  11. black text on yellow
  12. pictures in a neat line
  13. small print for details
  14. captions on a grid
  15. proximity
  16. hierarchy
  17. repetition
  18. False
  19. contrast
  20. hierarchy
  21. dark text on light paper
  22. True
  23. balance
  24. left edges lined up
  25. contrast
  26. related items grouped
  27. balance
  28. repeated bullet icons
  29. captions on a grid
  30. False
  31. False
  32. a bright button on grey
  33. False
  34. True
  35. alignment
  36. a centred, even layout
  37. contact details together
  38. True
  39. a bright button on grey
  40. hierarchy

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