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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 863 · 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 of these shows proximity? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  2. 2.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) one border on all pages (d) white words on black
  9. 9.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) a centred, even layout (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  15. 15.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  18. 18.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) contact details together
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) caption close to photo
  31. 31.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  34. 34.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) black text on yellow
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  38. 38.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) dark text on light paper
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) related items grouped
  40. 40.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. related items grouped
  2. False
  3. alignment
  4. black text on yellow
  5. True
  6. alignment
  7. a bright button on grey
  8. white words on black
  9. False
  10. True
  11. repetition
  12. proximity
  13. pictures in a neat line
  14. matching heading styles
  15. hierarchy
  16. black text on yellow
  17. balance
  18. proximity
  19. contrast
  20. a mirror-image layout
  21. balance
  22. contrast
  23. dark text on light paper
  24. False
  25. proximity
  26. most important first
  27. contrast
  28. a centred, even layout
  29. balance
  30. repeated bullet icons
  31. True
  32. contrast
  33. caption close to photo
  34. False
  35. one border on all pages
  36. the title is the largest
  37. hierarchy
  38. both halves feel equal
  39. related items grouped
  40. False

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