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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 778 · 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: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  4. 4.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  7. 7.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  10. 10.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  12. 12.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  13. 13.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  16. 16.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  19. 19.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  20. 20.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) a centred, even layout
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  34. 34.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  37. 37.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. hierarchy
  4. True
  5. repetition
  6. captions on a grid
  7. False
  8. contrast
  9. black text on yellow
  10. False
  11. a bright button on grey
  12. matching heading styles
  13. True
  14. alignment
  15. matching heading styles
  16. False
  17. True
  18. proximity
  19. hierarchy
  20. True
  21. both halves feel equal
  22. most important first
  23. left edges lined up
  24. contrast
  25. False
  26. small print for details
  27. contrast
  28. contrast
  29. related items grouped
  30. left edges lined up
  31. captions on a grid
  32. dark text on light paper
  33. contact details together
  34. True
  35. proximity
  36. alignment
  37. balance
  38. repetition
  39. hierarchy
  40. contact details together

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