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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 668 · 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) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  6. 6.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 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
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  23. 23.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) small print for details
  34. 34.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  38. 38.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together

Answer key

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

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