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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 885 · 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: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a centred, even layout
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  4. 4.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  6. 6.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows repetition? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  10. 10.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) pictures in a neat line
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  12. 12.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) repetition
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  18. 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  19. 19.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  20. 20.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) matching heading styles
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  25. 25.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) left edges lined up
  28. 28.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) caption close to photo (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) white words on black
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  32. 32.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  37. 37.True or false: “small print for details” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  39. 39.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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