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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 646 · 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) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  9. 9.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  11. 11.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  16. 16.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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