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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 702 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  2. 2.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
  13. 13.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  20. 20.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  21. 21.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  25. 25.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) the title is the largest
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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