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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 624 · 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) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  16. 16.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  19. 19.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  26. 26.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  29. 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  31. 31.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  38. 38.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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