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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 618 · 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) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) contact details together
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  16. 16.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  21. 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  29. 29.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  31. 31.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

  1. one border on all pages
  2. contrast
  3. False
  4. False
  5. repeated bullet icons
  6. repetition
  7. contrast
  8. balance
  9. a centred, even layout
  10. related items grouped
  11. one border on all pages
  12. alignment
  13. a mirror-image layout
  14. repetition
  15. the title is the largest
  16. hierarchy
  17. False
  18. proximity
  19. matching heading styles
  20. balance
  21. True
  22. captions on a grid
  23. captions on a grid
  24. False
  25. related items grouped
  26. pictures in a neat line
  27. proximity
  28. alignment
  29. balance
  30. proximity
  31. most important first
  32. a bright button on grey
  33. False
  34. caption close to photo
  35. proximity
  36. alignment
  37. dark text on light paper
  38. most important first
  39. False
  40. black text on yellow

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