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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 641 · 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 hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  20. 20.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  25. 25.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  33. 33.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) small print for details
  36. 36.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  39. 39.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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