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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 647 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  3. 3.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  14. 14.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  25. 25.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  30. 30.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  32. 32.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  33. 33.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  34. 34.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper

Answer key

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

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