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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 935 · 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 mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  3. 3.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  4. 4.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) small print for details (c) black text on yellow (d) captions on a grid
  5. 5.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) repetition
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  8. 8.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  13. 13.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a mirror-image layout (c) most important first (d) dark text on light paper
  14. 14.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) contrast
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) pictures in a neat line (c) left edges lined up (d) white words on black
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  20. 20.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) most important first (d) both halves feel equal
  22. 22.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  25. 25.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  27. 27.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) proximity (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  30. 30.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows contrast? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  32. 32.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 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
  35. 35.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) left edges lined up
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) a centred, even layout (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) alignment
  39. 39.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) repetition
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy

Answer key

  1. True
  2. hierarchy
  3. pictures in a neat line
  4. captions on a grid
  5. contrast
  6. captions on a grid
  7. pictures in a neat line
  8. False
  9. alignment
  10. balance
  11. contrast
  12. repetition
  13. a mirror-image layout
  14. False
  15. contrast
  16. proximity
  17. white words on black
  18. alignment
  19. contrast
  20. False
  21. most important first
  22. False
  23. True
  24. alignment
  25. True
  26. balance
  27. proximity
  28. proximity
  29. repetition
  30. False
  31. black text on yellow
  32. False
  33. True
  34. matching heading styles
  35. False
  36. small print for details
  37. related items grouped
  38. repetition
  39. balance
  40. contrast

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