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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 861 · 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: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) balance
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) a mirror-image layout (d) captions on a grid
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) one border on all pages (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  21. 21.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “small print for details” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) black text on yellow
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) one border on all pages
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) left edges lined up (d) dark text on light paper
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) captions on a grid (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  33. 33.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) one border on all pages
  35. 35.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) small print for details (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  40. 40.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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