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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 883 · 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.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) contact details together
  3. 3.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  9. 9.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  11. 11.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a mirror-image layout (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) black text on yellow (c) most important first (d) a bright button on grey
  18. 18.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  21. 21.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  23. 23.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) most important first
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) repeated bullet icons (d) black text on yellow
  37. 37.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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