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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 62 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  9. 9.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  12. 12.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
  17. 17.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  37. 37.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  39. 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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