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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 698 · 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 of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  3. 3.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) small print for details (c) both halves feel equal (d) contact details together
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  6. 6.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  10. 10.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  15. 15.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  26. 26.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  34. 34.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  40. 40.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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