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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 744 · 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 of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  7. 7.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  10. 10.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) captions on a grid
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  20. 20.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  23. 23.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) balance
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) both halves feel equal
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  28. 28.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  30. 30.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  36. 36.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a centred, even layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) small print for details
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

  1. contact details together
  2. hierarchy
  3. contrast
  4. True
  5. left edges lined up
  6. proximity
  7. False
  8. False
  9. captions on a grid
  10. a centred, even layout
  11. hierarchy
  12. alignment
  13. one border on all pages
  14. white words on black
  15. proximity
  16. the title is the largest
  17. proximity
  18. True
  19. white words on black
  20. True
  21. caption close to photo
  22. black text on yellow
  23. repetition
  24. repetition
  25. both halves feel equal
  26. both halves feel equal
  27. a mirror-image layout
  28. alignment
  29. repetition
  30. a mirror-image layout
  31. dark text on light paper
  32. the title is the largest
  33. related items grouped
  34. left edges lined up
  35. alignment
  36. False
  37. a centred, even layout
  38. matching heading styles
  39. caption close to photo
  40. contrast

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