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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 76 · 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 hierarchy? (a) related items grouped (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) most important first
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  14. 14.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  17. 17.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  20. 20.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  24. 24.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  28. 28.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  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) dark text on light paper
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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