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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 837 · 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: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) pictures in a neat line (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  12. 12.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) contact details together
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  15. 15.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  18. 18.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a bright button on grey
  20. 20.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) both halves feel equal (d) captions on a grid
  21. 21.True or false: “white words on black” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 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
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  28. 28.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  30. 30.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  36. 36.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) small print for details
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) dark text on light paper
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. contrast
  3. False
  4. related items grouped
  5. the title is the largest
  6. repetition
  7. matching heading styles
  8. matching heading styles
  9. repeated bullet icons
  10. most important first
  11. contrast
  12. False
  13. left edges lined up
  14. both halves feel equal
  15. proximity
  16. hierarchy
  17. pictures in a neat line
  18. True
  19. a centred, even layout
  20. captions on a grid
  21. False
  22. False
  23. black text on yellow
  24. False
  25. alignment
  26. repetition
  27. pictures in a neat line
  28. False
  29. left edges lined up
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. contrast
  34. proximity
  35. black text on yellow
  36. repetition
  37. alignment
  38. small print for details
  39. both halves feel equal
  40. captions on a grid

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