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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 697 · 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.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  7. 7.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) dark text on light paper
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  14. 14.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  16. 16.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  22. 22.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black
  29. 29.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  38. 38.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

  1. True
  2. alignment
  3. False
  4. proximity
  5. a mirror-image layout
  6. contrast
  7. False
  8. alignment
  9. both halves feel equal
  10. dark text on light paper
  11. balance
  12. False
  13. repeated bullet icons
  14. False
  15. hierarchy
  16. False
  17. hierarchy
  18. balance
  19. black text on yellow
  20. proximity
  21. captions on a grid
  22. False
  23. matching heading styles
  24. repetition
  25. False
  26. related items grouped
  27. alignment
  28. both halves feel equal
  29. True
  30. False
  31. balance
  32. small print for details
  33. contrast
  34. False
  35. repeated bullet icons
  36. captions on a grid
  37. matching heading styles
  38. True
  39. False
  40. one border on all pages

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