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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 889 · 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.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  2. 2.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “white words on black” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) a mirror-image layout
  7. 7.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) repetition
  15. 15.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) pictures in a neat line
  16. 16.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) left edges lined up (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) most important first
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  22. 22.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) most important first
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  29. 29.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) related items grouped
  30. 30.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  33. 33.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) repetition
  38. 38.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast

Answer key

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

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