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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 664 · 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: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  4. 4.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  12. 12.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) left edges lined up
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  28. 28.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  35. 35.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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