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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 607 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  4. 4.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) caption close to photo
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  20. 20.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  22. 22.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  24. 24.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  37. 37.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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