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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 749 · 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.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  5. 5.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  9. 9.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  17. 17.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) caption close to photo
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) caption close to photo (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  23. 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  25. 25.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) caption close to photo (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  37. 37.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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