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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 770 · 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: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  6. 6.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  15. 15.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  16. 16.🔍 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
  17. 17.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  21. 21.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) one border on all pages
  27. 27.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) white words on black
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  33. 33.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  36. 36.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  39. 39.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) a centred, even layout

Answer key

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

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