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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 677 · 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: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  7. 7.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  11. 11.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  13. 13.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  23. 23.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  25. 25.🔍 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
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  33. 33.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  37. 37.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped

Answer key

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

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