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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 604 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  5. 5.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) dark text on light paper
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  12. 12.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  19. 19.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  20. 20.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  24. 24.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  26. 26.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  33. 33.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details

Answer key

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

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