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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 694 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  10. 10.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) white words on black
  13. 13.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  16. 16.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  18. 18.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) most important first
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  29. 29.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  38. 38.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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