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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 708 · 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 design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  5. 5.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  11. 11.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  13. 13.True or false: “small print for details” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  21. 21.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
  22. 22.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) small print for details
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  34. 34.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) a mirror-image layout

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. repetition
  3. captions on a grid
  4. related items grouped
  5. False
  6. True
  7. the title is the largest
  8. contrast
  9. one border on all pages
  10. black text on yellow
  11. contrast
  12. repetition
  13. False
  14. matching heading styles
  15. False
  16. both halves feel equal
  17. proximity
  18. captions on a grid
  19. False
  20. a mirror-image layout
  21. a centred, even layout
  22. False
  23. balance
  24. both halves feel equal
  25. balance
  26. False
  27. False
  28. hierarchy
  29. small print for details
  30. contrast
  31. left edges lined up
  32. small print for details
  33. proximity
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. repetition
  39. dark text on light paper
  40. related items grouped

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