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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 818 · 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 design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  5. 5.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) one border on all pages (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  8. 8.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) a bright button on grey
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  16. 16.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  18. 18.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  20. 20.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) matching heading styles
  22. 22.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  28. 28.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  32. 32.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  37. 37.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) contact details together (d) white words on black
  40. 40.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. hierarchy
  3. contrast
  4. proximity
  5. hierarchy
  6. balance
  7. a centred, even layout
  8. alignment
  9. a bright button on grey
  10. repetition
  11. one border on all pages
  12. a mirror-image layout
  13. contrast
  14. dark text on light paper
  15. balance
  16. True
  17. the title is the largest
  18. left edges lined up
  19. small print for details
  20. repeated bullet icons
  21. pictures in a neat line
  22. False
  23. contrast
  24. black text on yellow
  25. False
  26. black text on yellow
  27. one border on all pages
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. caption close to photo
  32. False
  33. True
  34. small print for details
  35. proximity
  36. contrast
  37. True
  38. True
  39. contact details together
  40. proximity

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