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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 629 · 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.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  5. 5.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  8. 8.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  15. 15.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  19. 19.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  32. 32.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  38. 38.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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