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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 918 · 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: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) a centred, even layout
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  4. 4.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) related items grouped (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  6. 6.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) the title is the largest (b) both halves feel equal (c) captions on a grid (d) caption close to photo
  9. 9.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  13. 13.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  15. 15.True or false: “caption close to photo” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  19. 19.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  20. 20.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) balance
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) balance (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) contrast
  27. 27.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) matching heading styles (c) captions on a grid (d) most important first
  29. 29.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  33. 33.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) captions on a grid (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  35. 35.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) related items grouped (c) dark text on light paper (d) most important first
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) small print for details
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  39. 39.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition

Answer key

  1. False
  2. contact details together
  3. captions on a grid
  4. False
  5. a centred, even layout
  6. True
  7. most important first
  8. both halves feel equal
  9. balance
  10. pictures in a neat line
  11. False
  12. hierarchy
  13. contrast
  14. contrast
  15. False
  16. a bright button on grey
  17. repetition
  18. contact details together
  19. alignment
  20. True
  21. False
  22. pictures in a neat line
  23. a centred, even layout
  24. repetition
  25. balance
  26. contrast
  27. False
  28. matching heading styles
  29. False
  30. True
  31. black text on yellow
  32. hierarchy
  33. repeated bullet icons
  34. hierarchy
  35. left edges lined up
  36. small print for details
  37. dark text on light paper
  38. a mirror-image layout
  39. False
  40. contrast

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