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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 74 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  2. 2.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  6. 6.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  9. 9.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) the title is the largest
  13. 13.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  17. 17.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  18. 18.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  21. 21.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) contact details together
  25. 25.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) left edges lined up (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  35. 35.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  37. 37.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) white words on black

Answer key

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

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