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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 705 · 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: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  6. 6.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  16. 16.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  19. 19.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  23. 23.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  32. 32.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) captions on a grid
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. a bright button on grey
  4. the title is the largest
  5. contrast
  6. False
  7. False
  8. left edges lined up
  9. hierarchy
  10. contrast
  11. False
  12. False
  13. black text on yellow
  14. most important first
  15. one border on all pages
  16. alignment
  17. one border on all pages
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. True
  20. black text on yellow
  21. balance
  22. matching heading styles
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. contrast
  27. repetition
  28. matching heading styles
  29. related items grouped
  30. contrast
  31. white words on black
  32. False
  33. a centred, even layout
  34. contrast
  35. False
  36. balance
  37. captions on a grid
  38. balance
  39. dark text on light paper
  40. repetition

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