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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 620 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  6. 6.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  9. 9.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  20. 20.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  23. 23.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  24. 24.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  28. 28.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  31. 31.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  37. 37.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition

Answer key

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

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