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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 67 · 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 of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) repeated bullet icons
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  16. 16.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  27. 27.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition

Answer key

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

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