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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 667 · 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: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  13. 13.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages
  17. 17.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  22. 22.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  26. 26.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  29. 29.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  33. 33.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  39. 39.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. True
  3. proximity
  4. balance
  5. contrast
  6. the title is the largest
  7. balance
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. contrast
  10. proximity
  11. proximity
  12. repetition
  13. most important first
  14. proximity
  15. repetition
  16. one border on all pages
  17. False
  18. contact details together
  19. a centred, even layout
  20. repetition
  21. both halves feel equal
  22. a centred, even layout
  23. alignment
  24. hierarchy
  25. alignment
  26. True
  27. alignment
  28. repetition
  29. True
  30. hierarchy
  31. a mirror-image layout
  32. white words on black
  33. left edges lined up
  34. balance
  35. contrast
  36. repeated bullet icons
  37. left edges lined up
  38. caption close to photo
  39. matching heading styles
  40. alignment

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