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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 742 · 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: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  8. 8.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) both halves feel equal
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  38. 38.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) both halves feel equal
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) the title is the largest (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

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

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