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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 952 · 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.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) balance
  2. 2.Which of these shows alignment? (a) captions on a grid (b) related items grouped (c) caption close to photo (d) dark text on light paper
  3. 3.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) hierarchy (d) proximity
  5. 5.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “dark text on light paper” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) captions on a grid (b) contact details together (c) most important first (d) black text on yellow
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) alignment (d) proximity
  9. 9.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  10. 10.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) balance
  11. 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) contrast (b) hierarchy (c) alignment (d) balance
  12. 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
  13. 13.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) proximity (b) balance (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  14. 14.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
  15. 15.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) contact details together (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  16. 16.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) balance
  20. 20.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) proximity (d) alignment
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) pictures in a neat line (c) captions on a grid (d) both halves feel equal
  22. 22.True or false: “small print for details” shows contrast. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) proximity (d) repetition
  24. 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) balance (d) hierarchy
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) proximity
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) pictures in a neat line (d) caption close to photo
  27. 27.True or false: “contact details together” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows contrast? (a) left edges lined up (b) dark text on light paper (c) pictures in a neat line (d) captions on a grid
  29. 29.Which of these shows proximity? (a) dark text on light paper (b) a mirror-image layout (c) caption close to photo (d) white words on black
  30. 30.True or false: “most important first” shows repetition. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) caption close to photo (c) related items grouped (d) one border on all pages
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) left edges lined up
  33. 33.Which of these shows contrast? (a) white words on black (b) small print for details (c) repeated bullet icons (d) left edges lined up
  34. 34.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) hierarchy
  35. 35.True or false: “most important first” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) black text on yellow (d) left edges lined up
  37. 37.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows balance? (a) one border on all pages (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) both halves feel equal
  39. 39.Which of these shows contrast? (a) one border on all pages (b) caption close to photo (c) a bright button on grey (d) small print for details
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) most important first

Answer key

  1. balance
  2. captions on a grid
  3. False
  4. hierarchy
  5. True
  6. False
  7. most important first
  8. alignment
  9. alignment
  10. repetition
  11. hierarchy
  12. contrast
  13. proximity
  14. contrast
  15. contact details together
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. balance
  20. alignment
  21. both halves feel equal
  22. False
  23. contrast
  24. hierarchy
  25. repetition
  26. pictures in a neat line
  27. False
  28. dark text on light paper
  29. caption close to photo
  30. False
  31. one border on all pages
  32. left edges lined up
  33. white words on black
  34. proximity
  35. False
  36. black text on yellow
  37. True
  38. both halves feel equal
  39. a bright button on grey
  40. most important first

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