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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 949 · 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 contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) contact details together (c) a bright button on grey (d) the title is the largest
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) contact details together (b) repeated bullet icons (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  3. 3.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) repetition
  5. 5.True or false: “related items grouped” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  7. 7.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) black text on yellow (c) the title is the largest (d) one border on all pages
  8. 8.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  10. 10.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) repeated bullet icons (c) left edges lined up (d) small print for details
  11. 11.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) alignment
  12. 12.Which of these shows alignment? (a) a centred, even layout (b) related items grouped (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  13. 13.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) a bright button on grey (c) dark text on light paper (d) pictures in a neat line
  15. 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  16. 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  17. 17.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) contrast
  18. 18.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) a bright button on grey (d) dark text on light paper
  20. 20.Which of these shows balance? (a) a centred, even layout (b) the title is the largest (c) pictures in a neat line (d) black text on yellow
  21. 21.📐 Which design principle is this: “contact details together”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  22. 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
  23. 23.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
  26. 26.True or false: “the title is the largest” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  29. 29.Which of these shows repetition? (a) most important first (b) contact details together (c) matching heading styles (d) left edges lined up
  30. 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) most important first (b) dark text on light paper (c) white words on black (d) a mirror-image layout
  31. 31.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) related items grouped (d) black text on yellow
  33. 33.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) balance (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) contrast
  35. 35.True or false: “a centred, even layout” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows contrast? (a) both halves feel equal (b) a mirror-image layout (c) white words on black (d) matching heading styles
  37. 37.True or false: “related items grouped” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  39. 39.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  40. 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) proximity

Answer key

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

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