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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 796 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) dark text on light paper (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  5. 5.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) most important first
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  26. 26.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  28. 28.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  32. 32.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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