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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 679 · 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: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  7. 7.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  11. 11.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  15. 15.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  20. 20.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  34. 34.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  36. 36.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper

Answer key

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

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