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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 850 · 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) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  2. 2.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  4. 4.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  6. 6.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  8. 8.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  11. 11.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  17. 17.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  23. 23.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  28. 28.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  32. 32.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  35. 35.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) captions on a grid
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  40. 40.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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