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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 731 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) white words on black
  10. 10.🔍 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
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  18. 18.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  28. 28.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  31. 31.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) contact details together
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  37. 37.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance

Answer key

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

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