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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 637 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  5. 5.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  12. 12.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  14. 14.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  23. 23.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  35. 35.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  37. 37.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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