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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 833 · 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 of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) related items grouped
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) captions on a grid
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) the title is the largest (d) caption close to photo
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) pictures in a neat line
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  31. 31.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  32. 32.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  40. 40.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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