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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 756 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) dark text on light paper (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  10. 10.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  15. 15.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) both halves feel equal (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  19. 19.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  23. 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  24. 24.Which of these shows repetition? (a) small print for details (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  25. 25.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  33. 33.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  38. 38.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. True
  2. caption close to photo
  3. balance
  4. True
  5. False
  6. contrast
  7. small print for details
  8. False
  9. alignment
  10. False
  11. False
  12. alignment
  13. alignment
  14. caption close to photo
  15. repetition
  16. a bright button on grey
  17. white words on black
  18. matching heading styles
  19. False
  20. proximity
  21. contrast
  22. proximity
  23. contrast
  24. repeated bullet icons
  25. False
  26. black text on yellow
  27. dark text on light paper
  28. contact details together
  29. repetition
  30. proximity
  31. hierarchy
  32. proximity
  33. True
  34. False
  35. pictures in a neat line
  36. repeated bullet icons
  37. a bright button on grey
  38. True
  39. True
  40. hierarchy

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