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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 628 · 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) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  6. 6.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  29. 29.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  32. 32.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

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

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