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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 71 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  3. 3.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  6. 6.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  11. 11.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  23. 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  24. 24.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  30. 30.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) contact details together
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  34. 34.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  39. 39.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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