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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 746 · 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: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  5. 5.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  10. 10.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  22. 22.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) white words on black
  28. 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) caption close to photo (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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