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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 827 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  4. 4.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) a bright button on grey
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 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
  22. 22.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) pictures in a neat line (d) one border on all pages
  29. 29.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.Which of these shows repetition? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  39. 39.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. contrast
  3. hierarchy
  4. balance
  5. True
  6. most important first
  7. pictures in a neat line
  8. the title is the largest
  9. contrast
  10. False
  11. captions on a grid
  12. hierarchy
  13. proximity
  14. repetition
  15. contrast
  16. proximity
  17. a mirror-image layout
  18. False
  19. hierarchy
  20. True
  21. the title is the largest
  22. dark text on light paper
  23. balance
  24. matching heading styles
  25. contact details together
  26. True
  27. pictures in a neat line
  28. one border on all pages
  29. alignment
  30. True
  31. repeated bullet icons
  32. left edges lined up
  33. False
  34. proximity
  35. a mirror-image layout
  36. repeated bullet icons
  37. both halves feel equal
  38. matching heading styles
  39. True
  40. both halves feel equal

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