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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 844 · 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: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) most important first (d) a mirror-image layout
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  6. 6.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) small print for details
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  11. 11.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  14. 14.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  16. 16.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a centred, even layout
  19. 19.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  27. 27.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  29. 29.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  37. 37.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  39. 39.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey

Answer key

  1. contrast
  2. a mirror-image layout
  3. hierarchy
  4. False
  5. balance
  6. proximity
  7. proximity
  8. white words on black
  9. alignment
  10. balance
  11. True
  12. False
  13. hierarchy
  14. True
  15. the title is the largest
  16. False
  17. left edges lined up
  18. a centred, even layout
  19. True
  20. contrast
  21. hierarchy
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. proximity
  26. alignment
  27. repetition
  28. contrast
  29. True
  30. alignment
  31. repeated bullet icons
  32. black text on yellow
  33. hierarchy
  34. repetition
  35. balance
  36. dark text on light paper
  37. False
  38. contact details together
  39. True
  40. the title is the largest

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