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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 610 · 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 repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  9. 9.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  30. 30.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  34. 34.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) one border on all pages
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout

Answer key

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

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