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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 944 · 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: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) balance (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) contrast
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) dark text on light paper
  4. 4.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a centred, even layout (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  6. 6.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) balance
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) white words on black (b) most important first (c) contact details together (d) a bright button on grey
  8. 8.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) alignment
  10. 10.Which of these shows proximity? (a) related items grouped (b) pictures in a neat line (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  11. 11.Which of these shows proximity? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) a bright button on grey (c) contact details together (d) dark text on light paper
  12. 12.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) white words on black (d) repeated bullet icons
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) matching heading styles
  14. 14.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on a grid (b) dark text on light paper (c) a bright button on grey (d) white words on black
  17. 17.Which of these shows repetition? (a) caption close to photo (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) small print for details
  18. 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small print for details (b) one border on all pages (c) matching heading styles (d) repeated bullet icons
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) white words on black (c) a bright button on grey (d) black text on yellow
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  22. 22.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) balance (d) proximity
  24. 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) proximity (d) repetition
  27. 27.Which of these shows balance? (a) most important first (b) small print for details (c) related items grouped (d) both halves feel equal
  28. 28.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) related items grouped
  30. 30.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) contrast
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  38. 38.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) captions on a grid (c) a mirror-image layout (d) the title is the largest
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) left edges lined up (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  40. 40.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows balance. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. repetition
  3. repeated bullet icons
  4. False
  5. white words on black
  6. alignment
  7. most important first
  8. False
  9. contrast
  10. related items grouped
  11. contact details together
  12. white words on black
  13. a bright button on grey
  14. False
  15. dark text on light paper
  16. captions on a grid
  17. repeated bullet icons
  18. alignment
  19. small print for details
  20. left edges lined up
  21. repetition
  22. True
  23. proximity
  24. balance
  25. repetition
  26. balance
  27. both halves feel equal
  28. a centred, even layout
  29. related items grouped
  30. True
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. contrast
  36. proximity
  37. alignment
  38. captions on a grid
  39. the title is the largest
  40. False

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