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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 635 · 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 of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  14. 14.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  32. 32.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  40. 40.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. captions on a grid
  2. hierarchy
  3. alignment
  4. proximity
  5. True
  6. a mirror-image layout
  7. False
  8. left edges lined up
  9. alignment
  10. the title is the largest
  11. caption close to photo
  12. repetition
  13. dark text on light paper
  14. both halves feel equal
  15. False
  16. the title is the largest
  17. captions on a grid
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. False
  20. True
  21. contrast
  22. False
  23. hierarchy
  24. caption close to photo
  25. True
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. proximity
  30. balance
  31. matching heading styles
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. related items grouped
  36. pictures in a neat line
  37. proximity
  38. contrast
  39. one border on all pages
  40. False

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