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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 865 · 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: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  5. 5.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  6. 6.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) the title is the largest
  10. 10.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) black text on yellow (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  15. 15.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  17. 17.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) left edges lined up (c) caption close to photo (d) white words on black
  19. 19.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) related items grouped (d) a mirror-image layout
  22. 22.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) repeated bullet icons (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  23. 23.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) dark text on light paper (d) captions on a grid
  24. 24.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  25. 25.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) contact details together
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  31. 31.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  37. 37.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) small print for details
  38. 38.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  39. 39.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. proximity
  2. True
  3. balance
  4. alignment
  5. pictures in a neat line
  6. False
  7. True
  8. False
  9. the title is the largest
  10. False
  11. repetition
  12. left edges lined up
  13. contrast
  14. proximity
  15. False
  16. left edges lined up
  17. True
  18. caption close to photo
  19. False
  20. dark text on light paper
  21. related items grouped
  22. related items grouped
  23. captions on a grid
  24. black text on yellow
  25. a mirror-image layout
  26. repetition
  27. balance
  28. contact details together
  29. matching heading styles
  30. proximity
  31. hierarchy
  32. True
  33. False
  34. black text on yellow
  35. a mirror-image layout
  36. alignment
  37. small print for details
  38. both halves feel equal
  39. False
  40. False

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