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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 849 · 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: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  4. 4.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  5. 5.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  6. 6.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  8. 8.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) matching heading styles (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  12. 12.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  18. 18.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  19. 19.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) captions on a grid (d) dark text on light paper
  23. 23.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  33. 33.True or false: “white words on black” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) one border on all pages
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details

Answer key

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

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