Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 61 · 40 questions

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.

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

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