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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 93 · 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 balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) repeated bullet icons
  2. 2.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  5. 5.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  7. 7.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  9. 9.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) captions on a grid (d) white words on black
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) repetition
  12. 12.Which of these shows proximity? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) both halves feel equal (d) related items grouped
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) left edges lined up (d) a mirror-image layout
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) caption close to photo
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) black text on yellow (b) one border on all pages (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  18. 18.Which of these shows proximity? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  20. 20.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) balance
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  23. 23.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) repeated bullet icons (c) one border on all pages (d) matching heading styles
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) repetition
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  30. 30.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) contact details together
  32. 32.True or false: “contact details together” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) most important first
  34. 34.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) most important first (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  36. 36.Which of these shows balance? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) small print for details (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) caption close to photo (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

  1. a centred, even layout
  2. False
  3. captions on a grid
  4. matching heading styles
  5. True
  6. contrast
  7. False
  8. repetition
  9. True
  10. captions on a grid
  11. hierarchy
  12. related items grouped
  13. left edges lined up
  14. caption close to photo
  15. contrast
  16. repetition
  17. one border on all pages
  18. contact details together
  19. alignment
  20. proximity
  21. hierarchy
  22. a centred, even layout
  23. contrast
  24. pictures in a neat line
  25. repetition
  26. proximity
  27. contrast
  28. proximity
  29. balance
  30. False
  31. small print for details
  32. False
  33. most important first
  34. False
  35. most important first
  36. a mirror-image layout
  37. False
  38. alignment
  39. balance
  40. left edges lined up

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