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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 764 · 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: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) repeated bullet icons
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
  4. 4.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  9. 9.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  14. 14.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  15. 15.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) repeated bullet icons
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  17. 17.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  19. 19.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  28. 28.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  35. 35.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) related items grouped
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

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

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