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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 733 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) repeated bullet icons
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  8. 8.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  13. 13.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  16. 16.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  20. 20.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  22. 22.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  26. 26.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  28. 28.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) dark text on light paper
  30. 30.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) white words on black
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. captions on a grid
  3. repetition
  4. one border on all pages
  5. False
  6. most important first
  7. hierarchy
  8. False
  9. alignment
  10. True
  11. False
  12. left edges lined up
  13. False
  14. contrast
  15. alignment
  16. False
  17. a mirror-image layout
  18. pictures in a neat line
  19. white words on black
  20. repetition
  21. contrast
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. proximity
  26. True
  27. balance
  28. contact details together
  29. dark text on light paper
  30. True
  31. hierarchy
  32. False
  33. matching heading styles
  34. True
  35. False
  36. contrast
  37. alignment
  38. left edges lined up
  39. white words on black
  40. contrast

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