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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 701 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  7. 7.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  10. 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  19. 19.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  21. 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  27. 27.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  31. 31.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  36. 36.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  37. 37.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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