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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 912 · 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) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  2. 2.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) contact details together
  3. 3.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows repetition? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  6. 6.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  7. 7.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) a centred, even layout
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  13. 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  14. 14.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “most important first” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) one border on all pages (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  25. 25.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  33. 33.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  35. 35.Which of these shows contrast? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) a bright button on grey
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  39. 39.Which of these shows balance? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) small print for details
  40. 40.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) captions on a grid

Answer key

  1. captions on a grid
  2. most important first
  3. True
  4. False
  5. repeated bullet icons
  6. balance
  7. related items grouped
  8. dark text on light paper
  9. alignment
  10. repetition
  11. contrast
  12. alignment
  13. proximity
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. hierarchy
  19. most important first
  20. contrast
  21. alignment
  22. black text on yellow
  23. hierarchy
  24. one border on all pages
  25. False
  26. repetition
  27. True
  28. proximity
  29. repetition
  30. True
  31. True
  32. contrast
  33. True
  34. a bright button on grey
  35. a bright button on grey
  36. proximity
  37. proximity
  38. a mirror-image layout
  39. a mirror-image layout
  40. contact details together

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