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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 934 · 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: “a bright button on grey” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) the title is the largest (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  3. 3.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  5. 5.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) related items grouped (b) a mirror-image layout (c) captions on a grid (d) repeated bullet icons
  8. 8.Which of these shows balance? (a) small print for details (b) left edges lined up (c) a mirror-image layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  9. 9.Which of these shows repetition? (a) the title is the largest (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) matching heading styles
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  11. 11.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  12. 12.Which of these shows balance? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) most important first (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) repetition
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) one border on all pages (d) left edges lined up
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows balance? (a) matching heading styles (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) repeated bullet icons
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) matching heading styles (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  26. 26.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) black text on yellow
  28. 28.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  30. 30.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) pictures in a neat line (d) a centred, even layout
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) a centred, even layout
  32. 32.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  34. 34.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) small print for details (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  35. 35.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) most important first (c) both halves feel equal (d) left edges lined up
  37. 37.Which of these shows alignment? (a) matching heading styles (b) both halves feel equal (c) white words on black (d) pictures in a neat line
  38. 38.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) the title is the largest
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance

Answer key

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

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