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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 612 · 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 balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  36. 36.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. both halves feel equal
  2. balance
  3. a bright button on grey
  4. alignment
  5. True
  6. small print for details
  7. contrast
  8. white words on black
  9. repetition
  10. repetition
  11. caption close to photo
  12. contrast
  13. a bright button on grey
  14. contrast
  15. a mirror-image layout
  16. left edges lined up
  17. proximity
  18. True
  19. dark text on light paper
  20. left edges lined up
  21. contrast
  22. one border on all pages
  23. False
  24. both halves feel equal
  25. hierarchy
  26. balance
  27. True
  28. contrast
  29. white words on black
  30. matching heading styles
  31. most important first
  32. hierarchy
  33. balance
  34. a centred, even layout
  35. related items grouped
  36. repetition
  37. alignment
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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