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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 768 · 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 repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  6. 6.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  10. 10.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.🔍 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
  19. 19.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  24. 24.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  31. 31.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  33. 33.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  37. 37.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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