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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 858 · 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) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  2. 2.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) contact details together
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) small print for details
  5. 5.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  6. 6.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “most important first” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) left edges lined up
  13. 13.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) a bright button on grey
  16. 16.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  17. 17.🔍 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
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) the title is the largest
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  30. 30.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  34. 34.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

  1. hierarchy
  2. alignment
  3. black text on yellow
  4. small print for details
  5. repetition
  6. False
  7. True
  8. True
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. left edges lined up
  13. False
  14. False
  15. both halves feel equal
  16. balance
  17. contact details together
  18. contrast
  19. balance
  20. False
  21. False
  22. white words on black
  23. contact details together
  24. proximity
  25. caption close to photo
  26. a bright button on grey
  27. captions on a grid
  28. a centred, even layout
  29. small print for details
  30. True
  31. True
  32. contrast
  33. caption close to photo
  34. True
  35. left edges lined up
  36. captions on a grid
  37. proximity
  38. True
  39. most important first
  40. dark text on light paper

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