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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 713 · 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) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  2. 2.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  6. 6.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  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) black text on yellow
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  13. 13.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  24. 24.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  39. 39.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mirror-image layout
  2. False
  3. dark text on light paper
  4. left edges lined up
  5. hierarchy
  6. False
  7. repeated bullet icons
  8. repetition
  9. black text on yellow
  10. False
  11. matching heading styles
  12. hierarchy
  13. related items grouped
  14. small print for details
  15. False
  16. False
  17. proximity
  18. white words on black
  19. proximity
  20. black text on yellow
  21. contrast
  22. False
  23. contrast
  24. True
  25. True
  26. hierarchy
  27. proximity
  28. proximity
  29. related items grouped
  30. small print for details
  31. pictures in a neat line
  32. one border on all pages
  33. False
  34. caption close to photo
  35. a centred, even layout
  36. repetition
  37. False
  38. one border on all pages
  39. False
  40. True

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