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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 593 · 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: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) most important first
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  5. 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  6. 6.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  9. 9.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  14. 14.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.🔍 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
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  22. 22.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  30. 30.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  39. 39.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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