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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 707 · 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 balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  16. 16.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  17. 17.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  24. 24.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) small print for details
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  33. 33.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  37. 37.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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