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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 64 · 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) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  3. 3.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  13. 13.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  21. 21.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  27. 27.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) white words on black
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) white words on black
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  37. 37.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  39. 39.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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