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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 942 · 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 of these shows proximity? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) one border on all pages (c) white words on black (d) related items grouped
  2. 2.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) alignment
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) caption close to photo (d) related items grouped
  6. 6.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) caption close to photo (b) black text on yellow (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  7. 7.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) a bright button on grey (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
  8. 8.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) most important first
  10. 10.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  11. 11.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) matching heading styles
  13. 13.True or false: “related items grouped” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) contact details together (c) related items grouped (d) caption close to photo
  16. 16.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) balance
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) black text on yellow (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  21. 21.True or false: “contact details together” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  24. 24.Which of these shows alignment? (a) one border on all pages (b) most important first (c) small print for details (d) pictures in a neat line
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) dark text on light paper (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) contrast
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  29. 29.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
  31. 31.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  32. 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  33. 33.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  34. 34.Which of these shows repetition? (a) left edges lined up (b) both halves feel equal (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a bright button on grey
  35. 35.Which of these shows balance? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) one border on all pages (d) a mirror-image layout
  36. 36.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) the title is the largest (b) a bright button on grey (c) white words on black (d) captions on a grid
  37. 37.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) a mirror-image layout (d) both halves feel equal
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a centred, even layout (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) a mirror-image layout
  40. 40.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment

Answer key

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

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