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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 890 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) small print for details
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a bright button on grey (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  4. 4.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows balance? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) most important first
  10. 10.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  12. 12.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  14. 14.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) captions on a grid (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  28. 28.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) dark text on light paper (d) related items grouped
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  32. 32.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) both halves feel equal (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) left edges lined up
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  39. 39.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) contact details together (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance

Answer key

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

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