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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 919 · 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 contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) both halves feel equal
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  3. 3.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) one border on all pages (c) a mirror-image layout (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  10. 10.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) pictures in a neat line (c) small print for details (d) white words on black
  11. 11.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) proximity
  12. 12.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) caption close to photo (c) contact details together (d) related items grouped
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  16. 16.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) related items grouped
  20. 20.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) both halves feel equal (b) caption close to photo (c) black text on yellow (d) the title is the largest
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) contrast
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) matching heading styles (d) pictures in a neat line
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) a mirror-image layout (c) repeated bullet icons (d) both halves feel equal
  25. 25.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) one border on all pages (c) both halves feel equal (d) contact details together
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  28. 28.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) one border on all pages
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) captions on a grid
  31. 31.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) repetition
  32. 32.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) contact details together
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) dark text on light paper (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  38. 38.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  40. 40.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows balance. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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