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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 830 · 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) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  2. 2.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  5. 5.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) most important first (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  16. 16.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  17. 17.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  26. 26.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  30. 30.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
  38. 38.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles

Answer key

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

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