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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 725 · 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) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  9. 9.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  13. 13.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  17. 17.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) most important first
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  30. 30.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  36. 36.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  37. 37.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  38. 38.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

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

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