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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 78 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  4. 4.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  13. 13.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  18. 18.Which of these shows balance? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  19. 19.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  21. 21.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  26. 26.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) small print for details
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  39. 39.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. contrast
  3. balance
  4. True
  5. proximity
  6. hierarchy
  7. captions on a grid
  8. captions on a grid
  9. alignment
  10. False
  11. black text on yellow
  12. contrast
  13. False
  14. False
  15. proximity
  16. True
  17. both halves feel equal
  18. both halves feel equal
  19. True
  20. one border on all pages
  21. False
  22. alignment
  23. related items grouped
  24. pictures in a neat line
  25. hierarchy
  26. True
  27. alignment
  28. balance
  29. proximity
  30. False
  31. alignment
  32. True
  33. hierarchy
  34. contact details together
  35. small print for details
  36. True
  37. False
  38. contrast
  39. True
  40. True

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