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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 645 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) the title is the largest
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  13. 13.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  19. 19.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  23. 23.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) matching heading styles (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  27. 27.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

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

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