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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 748 · 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) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) a centred, even layout
  4. 4.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  10. 10.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  12. 12.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) a mirror-image layout (d) contact details together
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  16. 16.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  20. 20.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  30. 30.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  35. 35.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  38. 38.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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