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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 932 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) a bright button on grey
  2. 2.True or false: “white words on black” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) most important first (c) a centred, even layout (d) dark text on light paper
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) related items grouped
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) balance (d) proximity
  9. 9.Which of these shows proximity? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) black text on yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) black text on yellow (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  16. 16.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a bright button on grey (b) related items grouped (c) most important first (d) small print for details
  17. 17.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  20. 20.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a mirror-image layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) contact details together (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  23. 23.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
  24. 24.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  28. 28.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  31. 31.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) dark text on light paper (b) both halves feel equal (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) balance (d) contrast
  35. 35.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) most important first (c) related items grouped (d) pictures in a neat line
  37. 37.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) most important first (c) captions on a grid (d) small print for details
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) black text on yellow (c) dark text on light paper (d) a bright button on grey
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy

Answer key

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

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