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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 729 · 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.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  8. 8.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  9. 9.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  17. 17.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) caption close to photo
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) most important first
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  35. 35.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  37. 37.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  39. 39.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

  1. False
  2. contrast
  3. False
  4. contrast
  5. a mirror-image layout
  6. contrast
  7. pictures in a neat line
  8. proximity
  9. True
  10. True
  11. proximity
  12. the title is the largest
  13. pictures in a neat line
  14. dark text on light paper
  15. balance
  16. left edges lined up
  17. True
  18. True
  19. small print for details
  20. contrast
  21. a bright button on grey
  22. True
  23. matching heading styles
  24. False
  25. black text on yellow
  26. repeated bullet icons
  27. related items grouped
  28. False
  29. small print for details
  30. contact details together
  31. repetition
  32. most important first
  33. balance
  34. repetition
  35. hierarchy
  36. alignment
  37. True
  38. alignment
  39. related items grouped
  40. one border on all pages

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