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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 740 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) contact details together
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  14. 14.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  23. 23.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  24. 24.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  29. 29.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow

Answer key

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

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