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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 840 · 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: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  5. 5.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) the title is the largest (d) a mirror-image layout
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  16. 16.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) a mirror-image layout
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  21. 21.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  30. 30.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  32. 32.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) alignment
  36. 36.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) one border on all pages (d) most important first
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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