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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 685 · 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: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  2. 2.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  12. 12.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  14. 14.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a centred, even layout (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  23. 23.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  24. 24.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) white words on black (d) small print for details
  29. 29.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  32. 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  37. 37.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) white words on black

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. True
  3. proximity
  4. False
  5. hierarchy
  6. proximity
  7. alignment
  8. contrast
  9. alignment
  10. hierarchy
  11. white words on black
  12. True
  13. alignment
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. repetition
  18. most important first
  19. contrast
  20. matching heading styles
  21. contrast
  22. the title is the largest
  23. balance
  24. False
  25. dark text on light paper
  26. repetition
  27. captions on a grid
  28. small print for details
  29. True
  30. True
  31. black text on yellow
  32. False
  33. repeated bullet icons
  34. False
  35. contact details together
  36. caption close to photo
  37. related items grouped
  38. True
  39. repetition
  40. a centred, even layout

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