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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 622 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  6. 6.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  9. 9.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  18. 18.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  28. 28.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  37. 37.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  40. 40.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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