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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 915 · 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.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  3. 3.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  4. 4.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  7. 7.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  9. 9.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  11. 11.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) a centred, even layout (d) small print for details
  12. 12.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) balance
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  24. 24.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) most important first (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  27. 27.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) white words on black (c) one border on all pages (d) the title is the largest
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  32. 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) small print for details (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) repeated bullet icons
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  37. 37.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. False
  2. alignment
  3. repetition
  4. the title is the largest
  5. black text on yellow
  6. white words on black
  7. False
  8. contrast
  9. True
  10. contrast
  11. a centred, even layout
  12. balance
  13. a bright button on grey
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. proximity
  18. alignment
  19. related items grouped
  20. False
  21. False
  22. alignment
  23. proximity
  24. False
  25. repetition
  26. a centred, even layout
  27. hierarchy
  28. contrast
  29. contact details together
  30. proximity
  31. captions on a grid
  32. False
  33. alignment
  34. both halves feel equal
  35. left edges lined up
  36. contrast
  37. True
  38. False
  39. the title is the largest
  40. hierarchy

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