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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 605 · 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) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  4. 4.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  10. 10.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  21. 21.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  24. 24.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  33. 33.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  40. 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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