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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 654 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  7. 7.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  16. 16.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) caption close to photo (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) a mirror-image layout
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) dark text on light paper
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. both halves feel equal
  3. pictures in a neat line
  4. True
  5. white words on black
  6. small print for details
  7. True
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. alignment
  10. alignment
  11. black text on yellow
  12. hierarchy
  13. captions on a grid
  14. balance
  15. proximity
  16. True
  17. False
  18. contact details together
  19. proximity
  20. contrast
  21. False
  22. caption close to photo
  23. the title is the largest
  24. True
  25. repetition
  26. small print for details
  27. the title is the largest
  28. False
  29. False
  30. most important first
  31. caption close to photo
  32. repetition
  33. proximity
  34. contrast
  35. white words on black
  36. a mirror-image layout
  37. proximity
  38. pictures in a neat line
  39. black text on yellow
  40. alignment

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