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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 930 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  3. 3.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  4. 4.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows balance? (a) black text on yellow (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  10. 10.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) caption close to photo (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) contrast
  13. 13.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) repetition
  15. 15.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  16. 16.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) black text on yellow (c) both halves feel equal (d) white words on black
  17. 17.Which of these shows alignment? (a) left edges lined up (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  19. 19.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) a mirror-image layout
  24. 24.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) left edges lined up
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) captions on a grid
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) small print for details (b) related items grouped (c) white words on black (d) most important first
  31. 31.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) captions on a grid (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a bright button on grey (c) one border on all pages (d) small print for details
  36. 36.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows proximity? (a) matching heading styles (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) contact details together
  39. 39.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line

Answer key

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

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