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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 927 · 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: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  4. 4.Which of these shows balance? (a) contact details together (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) a centred, even layout
  11. 11.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  12. 12.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) matching heading styles (c) related items grouped (d) white words on black
  14. 14.Which of these shows contrast? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) left edges lined up (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) related items grouped
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  18. 18.True or false: “most important first” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) small print for details (c) contact details together (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  21. 21.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) a centred, even layout (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  22. 22.Which of these shows alignment? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  25. 25.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) repetition
  26. 26.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) contact details together (c) black text on yellow (d) both halves feel equal
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) the title is the largest (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) most important first
  33. 33.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  35. 35.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) most important first
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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