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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 937 · 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.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) the title is the largest (d) both halves feel equal
  3. 3.True or false: “related items grouped” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) a mirror-image layout
  5. 5.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) repeated bullet icons (c) a centred, even layout (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) related items grouped (d) captions on a grid
  7. 7.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark text on light paper (b) the title is the largest (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
  9. 9.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  10. 10.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  13. 13.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) left edges lined up (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  14. 14.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
  16. 16.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) proximity
  19. 19.Which of these shows repetition? (a) small print for details (b) pictures in a neat line (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  20. 20.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) the title is the largest (b) dark text on light paper (c) captions on a grid (d) matching heading styles
  22. 22.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “related items grouped” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  26. 26.🔍 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
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) left edges lined up (c) repeated bullet icons (d) captions on a grid
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) small print for details (d) caption close to photo
  30. 30.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) alignment
  31. 31.Which of these shows proximity? (a) white words on black (b) repeated bullet icons (c) caption close to photo (d) the title is the largest
  32. 32.🔍 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
  33. 33.Which of these shows proximity? (a) a bright button on grey (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) black text on yellow
  34. 34.True or false: “contact details together” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) alignment (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) left edges lined up (c) dark text on light paper (d) repeated bullet icons

Answer key

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

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