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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 648 · 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 design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  5. 5.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) contact details together
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  20. 20.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  23. 23.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  24. 24.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  36. 36.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  40. 40.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. True
  3. repetition
  4. balance
  5. False
  6. False
  7. contrast
  8. repetition
  9. True
  10. True
  11. alignment
  12. the title is the largest
  13. dark text on light paper
  14. repeated bullet icons
  15. white words on black
  16. proximity
  17. black text on yellow
  18. True
  19. white words on black
  20. captions on a grid
  21. most important first
  22. left edges lined up
  23. matching heading styles
  24. True
  25. matching heading styles
  26. hierarchy
  27. True
  28. False
  29. proximity
  30. dark text on light paper
  31. False
  32. True
  33. captions on a grid
  34. True
  35. alignment
  36. True
  37. balance
  38. pictures in a neat line
  39. caption close to photo
  40. contrast

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