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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 842 · 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) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  3. 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) matching heading styles
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a bright button on grey (d) left edges lined up
  10. 10.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) black text on yellow
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  20. 20.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  23. 23.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) contact details together
  27. 27.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  34. 34.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) black text on yellow (c) one border on all pages (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) a centred, even layout (d) a bright button on grey
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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