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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 835 · 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.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) the title is the largest
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  6. 6.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) white words on black
  7. 7.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  10. 10.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  14. 14.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  20. 20.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  22. 22.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  25. 25.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance

Answer key

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

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