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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 894 · 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 of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  3. 3.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) proximity
  5. 5.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) pictures in a neat line (d) both halves feel equal
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  9. 9.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  14. 14.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  18. 18.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  19. 19.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  22. 22.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) one border on all pages
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  25. 25.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) one border on all pages (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  26. 26.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) related items grouped
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  29. 29.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  31. 31.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) white words on black (d) the title is the largest
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) dark text on light paper (d) one border on all pages
  34. 34.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  37. 37.Which of these shows proximity? (a) left edges lined up (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  38. 38.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) white words on black (c) a centred, even layout (d) matching heading styles
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) contact details together (d) caption close to photo

Answer key

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

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