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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 790 · 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 proximity. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  5. 5.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) white words on black
  9. 9.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  12. 12.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.Which of these shows repetition? (a) matching heading styles (b) a mirror-image layout (c) the title is the largest (d) both halves feel equal
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  18. 18.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  21. 21.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  22. 22.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  27. 27.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) both halves feel equal (c) dark text on light paper (d) contact details together
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  36. 36.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  38. 38.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. proximity
  4. most important first
  5. False
  6. True
  7. pictures in a neat line
  8. pictures in a neat line
  9. False
  10. left edges lined up
  11. repetition
  12. False
  13. a mirror-image layout
  14. captions on a grid
  15. contrast
  16. matching heading styles
  17. a centred, even layout
  18. True
  19. alignment
  20. dark text on light paper
  21. a centred, even layout
  22. alignment
  23. balance
  24. balance
  25. caption close to photo
  26. repetition
  27. True
  28. left edges lined up
  29. repeated bullet icons
  30. white words on black
  31. dark text on light paper
  32. contrast
  33. contrast
  34. alignment
  35. repetition
  36. proximity
  37. hierarchy
  38. True
  39. a mirror-image layout
  40. alignment

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