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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 945 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) one border on all pages
  2. 2.Which of these shows balance? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) a bright button on grey (d) both halves feel equal
  3. 3.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) alignment
  4. 4.Which of these shows repetition? (a) small print for details (b) repeated bullet icons (c) contact details together (d) a centred, even layout
  5. 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  6. 6.Which of these shows balance? (a) captions on a grid (b) a centred, even layout (c) black text on yellow (d) white words on black
  7. 7.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) balance
  9. 9.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) proximity (d) alignment
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) white words on black (c) dark text on light paper (d) black text on yellow
  11. 11.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) related items grouped
  14. 14.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) black text on yellow (c) matching heading styles (d) small print for details
  15. 15.True or false: “contact details together” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows proximity? (a) both halves feel equal (b) most important first (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  18. 18.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) white words on black (c) the title is the largest (d) matching heading styles
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) repeated bullet icons (c) matching heading styles (d) white words on black
  20. 20.Which of these shows contrast? (a) related items grouped (b) both halves feel equal (c) black text on yellow (d) repeated bullet icons
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) captions on a grid (c) most important first (d) pictures in a neat line
  22. 22.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) captions on a grid (c) pictures in a neat line (d) left edges lined up
  24. 24.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  27. 27.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) balance (d) contrast
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) matching heading styles
  30. 30.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) one border on all pages (c) repeated bullet icons (d) a mirror-image layout
  32. 32.Which of these shows alignment? (a) white words on black (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) pictures in a neat line
  33. 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) balance
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) most important first
  37. 37.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) dark text on light paper (c) one border on all pages (d) pictures in a neat line
  38. 38.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) alignment
  39. 39.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows alignment? (a) most important first (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up

Answer key

  1. one border on all pages
  2. both halves feel equal
  3. contrast
  4. repeated bullet icons
  5. alignment
  6. a centred, even layout
  7. hierarchy
  8. balance
  9. alignment
  10. the title is the largest
  11. False
  12. balance
  13. a bright button on grey
  14. matching heading styles
  15. False
  16. caption close to photo
  17. contrast
  18. the title is the largest
  19. white words on black
  20. black text on yellow
  21. most important first
  22. repetition
  23. related items grouped
  24. True
  25. False
  26. alignment
  27. contrast
  28. proximity
  29. matching heading styles
  30. alignment
  31. a mirror-image layout
  32. pictures in a neat line
  33. True
  34. False
  35. hierarchy
  36. caption close to photo
  37. dark text on light paper
  38. proximity
  39. False
  40. left edges lined up

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