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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 609 · 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: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  3. 3.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  7. 7.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  27. 27.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  28. 28.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black

Answer key

  1. True
  2. proximity
  3. False
  4. balance
  5. False
  6. related items grouped
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. contrast
  11. contrast
  12. black text on yellow
  13. False
  14. True
  15. captions on a grid
  16. proximity
  17. matching heading styles
  18. True
  19. hierarchy
  20. captions on a grid
  21. True
  22. hierarchy
  23. False
  24. proximity
  25. left edges lined up
  26. proximity
  27. repetition
  28. False
  29. caption close to photo
  30. True
  31. the title is the largest
  32. dark text on light paper
  33. contrast
  34. black text on yellow
  35. matching heading styles
  36. repetition
  37. contrast
  38. alignment
  39. small print for details
  40. white words on black

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