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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 900 · 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) related items grouped (b) caption close to photo (c) matching heading styles (d) contact details together
  2. 2.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  4. 4.True or false: “white words on black” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) most important first (c) a mirror-image layout (d) small print for details
  9. 9.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first
  11. 11.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  14. 14.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) a mirror-image layout (d) related items grouped
  16. 16.True or false: “most important first” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  19. 19.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  20. 20.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) left edges lined up (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  23. 23.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a centred, even layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  24. 24.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  29. 29.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) a mirror-image layout (d) white words on black
  31. 31.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  33. 33.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) white words on black (c) small print for details (d) related items grouped
  36. 36.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) black text on yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

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

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