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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 709 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  14. 14.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) caption close to photo
  19. 19.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) small print for details
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  30. 30.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  34. 34.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  40. 40.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. contact details together
  3. False
  4. True
  5. False
  6. balance
  7. proximity
  8. contrast
  9. hierarchy
  10. True
  11. pictures in a neat line
  12. most important first
  13. repetition
  14. True
  15. alignment
  16. balance
  17. proximity
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. captions on a grid
  20. matching heading styles
  21. True
  22. True
  23. repetition
  24. dark text on light paper
  25. contact details together
  26. small print for details
  27. False
  28. captions on a grid
  29. the title is the largest
  30. False
  31. False
  32. proximity
  33. left edges lined up
  34. True
  35. matching heading styles
  36. related items grouped
  37. caption close to photo
  38. False
  39. contrast
  40. True

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