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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 639 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  12. 12.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  16. 16.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) white words on black
  18. 18.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  21. 21.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  37. 37.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. left edges lined up
  3. black text on yellow
  4. hierarchy
  5. alignment
  6. contrast
  7. both halves feel equal
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. repetition
  10. contrast
  11. contact details together
  12. True
  13. captions on a grid
  14. repeated bullet icons
  15. left edges lined up
  16. proximity
  17. matching heading styles
  18. False
  19. balance
  20. contact details together
  21. False
  22. False
  23. a mirror-image layout
  24. black text on yellow
  25. hierarchy
  26. proximity
  27. white words on black
  28. most important first
  29. hierarchy
  30. proximity
  31. alignment
  32. balance
  33. False
  34. alignment
  35. a bright button on grey
  36. pictures in a neat line
  37. contrast
  38. False
  39. most important first
  40. False

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