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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 860 · 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: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) black text on yellow (b) caption close to photo (c) a mirror-image layout (d) one border on all pages
  6. 6.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  8. 8.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) the title is the largest (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  14. 14.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  18. 18.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) a centred, even layout
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  26. 26.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) a bright button on grey
  31. 31.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) alignment
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  36. 36.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  38. 38.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. repetition
  2. a centred, even layout
  3. most important first
  4. False
  5. caption close to photo
  6. False
  7. contrast
  8. True
  9. left edges lined up
  10. repetition
  11. proximity
  12. a bright button on grey
  13. alignment
  14. True
  15. contrast
  16. repetition
  17. balance
  18. False
  19. False
  20. alignment
  21. contrast
  22. matching heading styles
  23. False
  24. pictures in a neat line
  25. the title is the largest
  26. hierarchy
  27. False
  28. balance
  29. contact details together
  30. contact details together
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. repetition
  35. related items grouped
  36. balance
  37. repeated bullet icons
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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