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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 856 · 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 principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  2. 2.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  8. 8.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  11. 11.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) most important first
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  19. 19.Which of these shows proximity? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) caption close to photo (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  20. 20.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  23. 23.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  24. 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  25. 25.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) the title is the largest (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) repetition
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.Which of these shows repetition? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) white words on black (d) a centred, even layout
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  40. 40.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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